Spadix
noun, plural spadices
[spey-dahy-seez, spey-duh-seez] /speɪˈdaɪ siz, ˈspeɪ dəˌsiz/ (Show IPA). Botany.
1.
an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe.
noun (pl) spadices (speɪˈdaɪsiːz)
1.
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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