spadiceous
Americanadjective
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Botany.
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of the nature of a spadix.
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bearing a spadix.
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of a bright brown color.
adjective
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botany producing or resembling a spadix
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of a bright brown colour
Etymology
Origin of spadiceous
1640–50; < New Latin spādīceus, equivalent to Latin spādīc- (stem of spādīx; see spadix) + -eus -eous
Example Sentences
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Perianth none, or rudimentary and incomplete: inflorescence spadiceous.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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