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Spadix

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spadix"

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Word	Definition
spathenoun	(botany) A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.
spathnoun	(informal) Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum of peace lilies.
spicanoun	(botany) A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis).
spikenoun	A sort of very large nail.
spiculenoun	(biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
spathillanoun	(botany) A secondary or diminutive spathe.
fruitspikenoun	(botany) An inflorescence of fruit in the form of a spike
squamanoun	(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
spiculanoun	A little spike; a spikelet or spiculum.
spikeletnoun	(botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.
sporangiophorenoun	(botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails).
ascidiumnoun	(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
stichidiumnoun	A special pod-like or fusiform branch containing tetraspores, found in certain red algae.
spirenoun	(architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
sporangenoun	(dated) A sporangium.
sporostegiumnoun	(botany) The so-called fruit of plants in the family Characeae of green algae, consisting of the hard brownish spirally-twisted shell or covering of the spore.
areolenoun	(botany) A bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines.
androsporangiumnoun	A sporangium for androspores.
acrospirenoun	(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
sporophyllnoun	(botany) The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.