RAPHE
- seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like
- a. (in certain ovules) a ridge connecting the hilum with the chalaza b. median line or slot on a cell wall of a diatom
- a seamlike ridge between two halves or an organ or part, also RHAPHE [n RAPHES or RAPHAE]
- a seamlike ridge between two halves of an organ or part [n RAPHAE, RAPHES]