Raphides

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raphides \Raph"i*des\ (r[a^]f"[i^]*d[=e]z), n. pl. [F. raphide.]
     (Bot.)
     See {Rhaphides}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rhaphides \Rhaph"i*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, ???, a
     needle, F. raphides.] (Bot.)
     Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in
     the tissues of plants. [Written also {raphides}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raphides
       See {raphide}