: a small or secondary rachis specifically : the axis of a spikelet of a grass or sedge.

What is rachilla in flower?

Rachilla, racheola, secondary axis of compound leaf; the axis of a spikelet of a grass or sedge; in Palms, the branch that bears the flowers; (as Rhachilla, as Rhacheola) “a secondary axis in the inflorescence of grasses” (Jackson); “a small or secondary rachis; specifically the axis of a spikelet of a grass or sedge” ...

What is rachilla in rice?

The spikelet of rice consists of a minute axis (rachilla) on which a single floret is borne. Each floret has four bracts, two outer sterile glumes and two fertile bracts (lemma and palea).