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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 230 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RHACIS , or Rams (Gr. poxes, a backbone), in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany the See also:

AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of an inflorescence or of a branched See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf; in See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology, the stern of a See also:

FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather, as opposed to the vesillum, or See also:

WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

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