(n) widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground, Syn. Arachis hypogaea, peanut vine
(n) a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis, Syn. rachischisis, schistorrhachis
(n) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord, Syn. backbone, rachis, vertebral column, back, spine, Example:the fall broke his back
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
‖n.; pl. E. Rachises L. Rachides [ NL., fr. Gr. "ra`chis, -ios.] [Written also rhachis.]1. (Anat.) The spine; the vertebral column. [1913 Webster]