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noun
A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: axis
History
Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).
Across languages
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