raphides
Meaning of raphides
plural noun
a needle-shaped crystal of calcium oxalate occurring in clusters within the tissues of certain plants.
mid 19th century: via French from Greek rhaphis, rhaphid- ‘needle’.
Information about raphides
- It is a name.
- The singular form of raphides is: raphide.
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Hyphenation of raphides
raphides
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- raphides is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of raphides
diphaser, parished, Sephardi, sephardi, shiprade
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