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rhaphide

rhaphide is the alternative form of raphide.

Meaning of raphide

Noun

raphide (plural raphides)

  1. A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.

Forms of rhaphide

pluralrhaphides

Questions about rhaphide

What is rhaphide the alternative form of?
Rhaphide is the alternative form of raphide.

Words near rhaphide in the dictionary

  1. rhamphothecal
  2. rhandir
  3. rhandirs
  4. rhaphe
  5. rhaphes
  6. rhaphide
  7. rhaphides
  8. rhaphidophorid
  9. rhaphidophoridan
  10. rhaphidophoridans
  11. rhaphidophorids

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