spadiceous

American

[spey-dish-uhs] / speɪˈdɪʃ əs /

adjective

Botany.
1. of the nature of a spadix.
2. bearing a spadix.
of a bright brown color.

spadiceous British

/ speɪˈdɪʃəs /

adjective

botany producing or resembling a spadix
of a bright brown colour

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Etymology

Origin of spadiceous

1640–50; < New Latin spādīceus, equivalent to Latin spādīc- (stem of spādīx; spadix ) + -eus -eous

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Perianth none, or rudimentary and incomplete: inflorescence spadiceous.

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