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Rhachilla
- - A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
Rhachises
- noun - axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
Roccellas
- noun - a source of the dye archil and of litmus
Roccellic
- - Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.
Roccellin
- - A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.
Roscommon
- unknown - Roscommon is the county town of County Roscommon in Ireland.
Runcinate
- adjective - having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves
Ruscaceae
- noun - one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted