rachilla

rachilla
/reuh kil"euh/, n., pl. rachillae /-kil"ee/. Bot.
a small or secondary rachis, as the axis of a spikelet in a grass inflorescence.
[1835-45; < NL, dim. of rachis RACHIS]

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