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Webster 1913 Edition


Spikelet

Spike′let

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Noun.
(Bot.)
A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of
Quaking grass
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Webster 1828 Edition


Spikelet

SPI'KELET

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Noun.
In botany, a small spike of a large one; or a subdivision of a spike.