RACHIS

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 27

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A branch which proceeds in nearly a straight line from the base to the apex of the inflorescence of a plant. It is also applied to the petioles of the leaves of ferns. Rachis. A term applied by Illiger and other zoologists to the vertebral column of mammals and birds. ' [s. 1030]