RAPHIDES

Meaning of RAPHIDES in English

/raf"i deez'/ , n.pl. Bot.

acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.

[ 1835-45; rhaphídes, pl. of RHAPHÍS needle ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

RAPHIDES — (n. pl.) See Rhaphides.
Английский словарь Webster
RAPHIDES — ( n. pl. ) See Rhaphides.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPHIDES — noun ·pl ·see rhaphides.
Webster English vocab
SPHAERAPHIS — ˈsfirəfə̇s, ˈsfer- noun ( plural sphae·raph·i·des sfə̇ˈrafəˌdēz) Etymology: New Latin, from sphaer- + Greek rhaphis needle — more at raphide …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAPHIDIFEROUS — |rafə|dif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: raphide + -iferous : bearing or containing raphides
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAPHIDE — ˈrāfə̇d, -ˌfid noun ( -s ) Etymology: back-formation from raphides, plural, from New Latin, irregular from Greek rhaphid-, rhaphis needle, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYSTAL SAND — noun : very minute crystals that are scattered through the tissue of most plants and are of the same nature …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIFORINE — (n.) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an …
Английский словарь Webster
BIFORINE — ( n. ) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RAPHIDE — noun ( plural raph·ides ˈra-ˌfīdz, ˈra-fə-ˌdēz) Etymology: French & New Latin; French raphide, from New Latin raphides, plural, from Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIFORINE — noun an oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order araceae. it has an …
Webster English vocab
RAPHIDE — [raph.ide] n, pl raph.ides [F & NL; F raphide, fr. NL raphides, pl., fr. Gk rhaphides, pl. of rhaphid-, rhaphis …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DILLENIIDAE — subclass of woody or herbaceous dicotyledonous flowering plants. The flowers of plants belonging to the Dilleniidae usually contain numerous petals, …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAPHIDE — n. a needle-shaped crystal of an irritant substance such as oxalic acid formed in a plant. [back-form. f. raphides pl. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAPHIDE — n. a needle-shaped crystal of an irritant substance such as oxalic acid formed in a plant. [ back-form. f. raphides …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAPHIDE — n. a needle-shaped crystal of an irritant substance such as oxalic acid formed in a plant. Etymology: back-form. f. raphides …
Oxford English vocab

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