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Webster 1913 Edition

Raphe

Ra′phe

(rā′fē̍)

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ῥαφή

a seam or suture, fr.

ῥάπτειν

to sew or stitch together.]

1.

(Anat.)

A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line;

as, the

raphe

of the tongue

.

2.

(Bot.)

Same as

.