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- noun Plural form of
rachis .
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Examples
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The _female inflorescence_ is a large globose head consisting of short spikelets articulate at the very base of the rachis, short bracts and very long, spreading, rigid rod-like rachises.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Many species of Andropogon have such jointed rachises.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Sometimes at the base of the rachises, main or secondary, glandular streaks are seen as in the rachises of _Sporobolus coromandelianus_.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The inflorescence is a spike-like panicle, with very short filiform inarticulate branches and rachises.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The complete feather is symmetrical about the stem, containing rachises, barbs, and barbules.
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The complete feather is symmetrical about the stem, containing rachises, barbs, and barbules.
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The complete feather is symmetrical about the stem, containing rachises, barbs, and barbules.
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