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Webster 1828 Edition


Spicate

SPI'CATE

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Adj.
[L. spicatus, from spica, a spike.] Having a spike or ear.

Definition 2024


spicate

spicate

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

spicate (comparative more spicate, superlative most spicate)

  1. (botany) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.
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Latin

Participle

spīcāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of spīcātus