spicate
Americanadjective
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having spikes, as a plant.
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arranged in spikes, as flowers.
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in the form of a spike, as in inflorescence.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of spicate
1660–70; < Latin spīcātus, equivalent to spīc ( a ) spica + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Antheridia oval, 2–3 in the axils of spicate leaves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Flowers unisexual, racemose, spicate or capitate; calyx becoming fleshy or juicy in fruit.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Many flowers from the axil of a bract; no bractioles interspersed, hence we may expect racemose or spicate partial inflorescences.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
The spikelets are all unisexual, spicate, the male and female spikelets are dissimilar, and are on the same or on different spikes.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Flowers white in spicate, thyrsoid racemes, and produced rather sparsely.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan
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