spadix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.

/ˈspeɪdɪks/

spadix spadixes spadices

Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).

Araceae spathe

spadiceous

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