(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.; pl. E. Rachises L. Rachides [ NL., fr. Gr. "ra`chis, -ios.] [Written also rhachis.]1. (Anat.) The spine; the vertebral column. [1913 Webster]