raphe

Meaning

1. A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
2. A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
3. The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.
4. A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.

Synonyms

rhaphe

seam

joint

suture

meeting

opening

caulking

slit

slot

chance

🎲

commissure

crack

Translations

raphé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪ.fi/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin raphē, from Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή (rhăphḗ, “seam; suture”).