rachilla (English, noun)
expansion: rachilla (plural rachillas or rachillae)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of a spikelet, in grasses and sedges, that bears the florets
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A rachis of secondary or higher order in leaves and ferns that are compound more than once.
Forms:
form: rachillas
tags: plural
form: rachillae
tags: plural
form: rhachilla
tags: alternative