Spadix

·noun A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

II. Spadix ·noun A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.

spadix
spādix, īcis, comm., = σπάδιξ. I Lit., a palm-branch broken off , together with its fruit; spadi...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
spadix
spādīx īcis, adj., σπάδιξ, date-brown, nutbrown, chestnut-brown: equi, V. ...

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