English-Thai Dictionary
rachis
N ก้าน ขนนก quill kan-kon-nok
rachis
N ก้านใบ หรือ ก้านดอก รวม kan-bai-rue-kan-dok-ruam
rachis
N ลำ กระดูกสันหลัง backbone spine lam-kra-duk-san-lang
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RACHIS
Ra "chis, n.; pl. E. Rachises, L. Rachides. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. [Written also rhachis. ]
1. (Anat. )
Defn: The spine; the vertebral column.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Rhachis.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rachis
ra chis |ˈrākis, ˈrak- ˈreɪkɪs | ▶noun ( pl. rachides |ˈrakəˌdēz, ˈrā -| ) 1 Botany a stem of a plant, esp. a grass, bearing flower stalks at short intervals. • the midrib of a compound leaf or frond. 2 Anatomy the vertebral column or the cord from which it develops. 3 Ornithology the shaft of a feather, esp. the part bearing the barbs. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek rhakhis ‘spine. ’ The English plural -ides is by false analogy.
Oxford Dictionary
rachis
rachis |ˈreɪkɪs |(also rhachis ) ▶noun ( pl. rachides |-kɪdiːz | ) 1 Botany a stem of a plant, especially a grass, bearing flower stalks at short intervals. • the midrib of a compound leaf or frond. 2 Anatomy the vertebral column or the cord from which it develops. 3 Ornithology the shaft of a feather, especially the part bearing the barbs. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek rhakhis ‘spine ’. The English plural -ides is by false analogy.