Associations to the word «Rachis»
Adjective
Wiktionary
RACHIS, noun. (botany) The main shaft of either a compound leaf, head of grain, or fern frond.
RACHIS, noun. (zoology) (anatomy) The spine or the vertebrae of the spine.
RACHIS, noun. (ornithology) The central shaft of a feather.
Dictionary definition
RACHIS, noun. Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.
RACHIS, noun. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.