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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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pl. L.

Spadices

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, E.

Spadixes

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[L., a palm branch broken off, with its fruit, Gr. [GREEK].]

(Bot.)

A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

(Zool.)

A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.

Noun.

[L.] In botany, the receptacle in palms and some other plants, proceeding from a spathe.