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1. (n.) spadix
a fleshy or thickened spike of minute flowers, usu. enclosed in a spathe.
Etymology: (1750–60; < L spādīx a broken palm branch and its fruit < Gk sp&amacracute;dīx, akin to spân to tear off)
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1. (noun) spadix
the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
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1. (noun) Spadix
a fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe
2. (noun) Spadix
a special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles
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