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Spadix

noun
(pl. L. spadices, E. spadixes)
1.
The fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe.






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... nothing from history to club to this discourse? Lately, I remember, reading in the Attic annals, I found that Theseus first instituted games in Delos, and tore off a branch from the sacred palm-tree, which was called spadix (from ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch



Words linked to "Spadix" :   spike, axis



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