Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spicate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spicate \Spi"cate\, Spicated \Spi"ca*ted\, a. [L. spicatus, p.
p. of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. spica a
spike, or ear.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or
spikes. --Lee.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spicate
adj : (botany) having or relating to spikes; "spicate
inflorescence"
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