Usually means: Needle-shaped crystals in plants.
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  1. raphide: Merriam-Webster
  2. raphide: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. raphide: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. raphide: Collins English Dictionary
  5. raphide: Wiktionary
  6. raphide: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. raphide: Dictionary.com
  8. Raphide: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. raphide: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. raphide: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (botany) A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.

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rhaphide, druse, raadeite, rhodesite, chadacryst, calcide, rossite, raite, richellite, rapidcreekite, more...

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rhaphide, druse, raadeite, rhodesite, chadacryst, calcide, rossite, raite, richellite, rapidcreekite, more...



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