spicate
[ spahy-keyt ]
/ ˈspaɪ keɪt /
adjective Botany.
having spikes, as a plant.
arranged in spikes, as flowers.
in the form of a spike, as in inflorescence.
Words nearby spicate
sphyrectomy,
sphyrotomy,
spic,
spica,
spica bandage,
spicate,
spiccato,
spice,
spice islands,
spiceberry,
spicebush
Example sentences from the Web for spicate
Many flowers from the axil of a bract; no bractioles interspersed, hence we may expect racemose or spicate partial inflorescences.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William GriffithIn Grasses, as indeed in other plants with a spicate inflorescence, this change occurs not unfrequently.
Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. MastersAntheridia large, pedicelled, solitary in the axils of 2-cleft spicate leaves.
Aquatic or marsh herbs; flowers perfect or polygamo-dicious, small, axillary or spicate; petals often none.
British Dictionary definitions for spicate
spicate
/ (ˈspaɪkeɪt) /
adjective
botany
having, arranged in, or relating to spikes
a spicate inflorescence
Word Origin for spicate
C17: from Latin
spīcātus having spikes, from
spīca a point