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rachis

Part of speech: Noun

In bot., that part of a culm which runs up through the ear of corn; the stalk or axis which bears the flowers in other plants; the stalk of the frond in ferns; the common stalk bearing the alternate spikelets in some grasses; in zool., the vertebral column in mammals and birds.

Usage examples "rachis":

Many of these crystals, possessing a perfect arrangement of the different parts corresponding with the shaft, vane, and rachis of a feather, were upwards of an inch in length, and three- fourths of an inch in breadth. - "The Ocean and its Wonders", R.M. Ballantyne.
While Zachary continued to pay homage to the sovereignty of the emperors, Liutprand made himself master of the exarchate, and his successor, Rachis, immediately after stipulated with the Romans for a peace of twenty years. - "The Power Of The Popes", Pierre Claude FranÃ§ois Daunou.