📚 noun • entry_id 40717
spadix
/ˈspeɪdɪks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
espádice
A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
The spadix of this plant is frequently quite white, or coloured, and the leaves liable to be streaked with white, and to have black, or scarlet blotches on them.
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