Definitions from Wiktionary (raphe)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) 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.
▸ noun:  The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
▸ noun:  (botany) 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.
▸ noun:  (botany) A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.
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