Dictionary > Ripple

Ripple

ripple
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Origin: FRom Rip.
1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc), by means of a ripple.
2. Hence, to scratch or tear.
1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
2. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter. Ripple grass.
(Science: botany) A system of parallel ridges on the surface of a sandstone stratum.

Last updated on March 5th, 2021

You will also like...

Plant biology
Plant Biology

Plantlife can be studied at a variety of levels, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical level through organelles, c..

Salmon jumping upstream in the river
Lotic Communities & Animals

A running water environment offers numerous microhabitats for many types of animals. Similar to plants, animals in lotic..

Sensory systems
Sensory Systems

A sensory system is a part of the nervous system consisting of sensory receptors that receive stimuli from the internal ..

Early Earth
The Origins of Life

This tutorial digs into the past to investigate the origins of life. The section is split into geological periods in the..

vitamins
A Balanced Vitamin Diet – Vitamins A – K

A balanced diet is essential to a healthy organism. Insufficiency or too much of a particular element or compound, such ..

Freshwater aquatic plankton
Freshwater Communities & Plankton

Planktons are microscopic organisms that live suspended in aquatic habitats. There are two groups: the phytoplanktons an..