spadix

spa·dix  (spdks) n. pl. spa·di·ces (-d-sz) A fleshy clublike spike bearing minute flowers, usually enclosed within a sheathlike spathe, characteristic of aroid plants, such as the calla. [Latin spdx, broken-off palm branch, from Greek, from spn, to stretch.]

spadix

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spadix [ˈspeɪdɪks]

n pl spadices [speɪˈdaɪsiːz]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) 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

[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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spadix  (spdks)

Plural spadices (spd-sz)

A fleshy spike of minute flowers, usually enclosed within a spathe, as in the arums.

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spadix - the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe axis - the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged spike - (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis