Spicula

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A pointed fleshy appendage.

II. Spicula ·noun A little spike; a spikelet.

III. Spicula ·pl of Spiculum.

Related Words

spicula
spīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [spica], a plant , called also chamaepitys, ground-pine , App. Herb. 26. ...

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