rachis's Usage Examples:

biology, a rachis /ˈreɪkɪs/ (from the Ancient Greek: ῥάχις (rhákhis), "backbone, spine") is a main axis or "shaft" .

In vertebrates, rachis can refer to.

inflorescence above the peduncle is the rachis.

There are no flowers on the peduncle but there are flowers on the rachis.

egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to twenty-five on a rachis up to 130 mm (5.

oblong leaves and flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three on a rachis up to 4 mm (0.

hairy, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and up to sixteen yellow flowers on a rachis up to 150 mm (5.

elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twelve on a rachis up to 75 mm (3.

cylindrical leaves and greenish yellow flowers in groups of up two to eight on a rachis 2–15 mm (0.

bright yellow, hairy flowers borne singly or in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 40 mm (1.

on the tip and yellow flowers borne in groups of five to thirty along a rachis up to 60 mm (2.

to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to fourteen on a rachis up to 30 mm (1.

branchlets, linear leaves and yellow flowers in goups of up to ten on a rachis up to 10 mm (0.

leaves and yellow flowers arranged in groups of up to thirteen along a rachis that continues to grow after flowering.

or greenish yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to four on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.

grooves, and hairy yellow flowers borne in groups of up to fifteen on a rachis up to 45 mm (1.

linear leaves, and hairy yellow flowers borne in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 60 mm (2.

elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twelve on a rachis up to 110 mm (4.

and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of four to twenty-five on a rachis 3–100 mm (0.

with long, linear leaves and flowers in groups of ten to twenty-five on a rachis up to 220 mm (8.

to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of three to ten on a rachis 3–10 mm (0.

branchlets, linear leaves, and yellow flowers in groups of up to eight on a rachis 2–30 mm (0.

Synonyms:

axis;

Antonyms:

forward; stay in place;