(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:41:37

Rha"phe (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. seam, fr. to sew. ] Bot.

The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.

[Written also raphe.]

Gray.

 

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