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Rhacis

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Rachis (Gr. paxcs, a backbone), in botany the axis of an inflorescence or of a branched leaf; in zoology, the stem of a feather, as opposed to the vesillum, or web.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Rhacis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​r/rhacis.html. 1910.
 
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