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spadix
[ spey-diks ]
noun
, Botany.
, plural spa·di·ces [spey-, dahy, -seez, spey, -d, uh, -seez].
- an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe.
spadix
/ ˈspeɪdɪks /
noun
- a racemose inflorescence having many small sessile flowers borne on a fleshy stem, the whole usually being surrounded by a spathe: typical of aroid plants
spadix
/ spā′dĭks /
, Plural spadices spā′dĭ-sēz′
- A fleshy spike of minute flowers, usually enclosed within a spathe, as in the arums.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spadix1
1750–60; < Latin spādīx a broken palm branch and its fruit < Greek spā́dīx a torn-off palm bough, chestnut brown; akin to spân to tear off
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spadix1
C18: from Latin: pulled-off branch of a palm, with its fruit, from Greek: torn-off frond; related to Greek span to pull off
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Example Sentences
The pistillate flowers are clustered round the bottom of the spadix, and consist of a number of sessile ovaries.
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These creep down the spadix, passing through the narrow neck into the closed compartment below.
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The whole of the spadix is surrounded by a large bract or spathe which is contracted a little distance above its base.
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Flowers moncious or by abortion dicious, covering only the base of the spadix, which is elongated and naked above.
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Flowers moncious, thickly covering the long and tapering spadix throughout (or only its apex naked).
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