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Word: Spadix
Speech Type: Noun
mid 18th century: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘palm branch’
ˈspeɪdɪks
a spike of minute flowers closely arranged round a fleshy axis and typically enclosed in a spathe, characteristic of the arums.
Short Definition:spike of minute flowers closely arranged round fleshy axis and enclosed in spathe
(in certain invertebrates) a part or organ which is more or less conical in shape, e.g. a group of connected tentacles in a nautiloid.
Short Definition:(in certain invertebrates) part or organ which is more or less conical in shape
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