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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 268 words | Copyright

raphe
1. A ridge on a seed marking the line of fusion between an anatropous (inverted) ovule and the funicle.

2. A groove on the valve of certain diatoms.

3. Any other groove, ridge, or suture line marking the line of fusion between two originally separate structures.

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