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Definition of Spicate
1. Adjective. Having or relating to spikes. "Spicate inflorescence"
Definition of Spicate
1. a. Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.
Definition of Spicate
1. spica [adj] - See also: spica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spicate
Literary usage of Spicate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1856)
"Ammophila—spicate, glumes pointed, with a tuft of hairs at the base, spike compact.
... nearly equal. ttt Flowers spicate, arranged on two sides. 16. ..."
2. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"Fruit spicate. Tree 80 feet high; wood pale or reddish, soft, close, and durable;
used advantageously for piles, machinery, stringers, braces, ..."
3. Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and by White Kennett, Thomas Delafield (1818)
"To the original parchment a seal appends with the impression of a spicate figure,
intended possibly for a sheaf or ear of corn, with this inscription in ..."
4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Pappus wanting : heads spicate, racemose or panicled. 43. ARTEMISIA. TRIBE VIII.
SENECIONEAE. Leaves of the flowering stems reduced to scales. ..."
5. Ornamental Shrubs for Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting: With an Account of by Lucius Daniel Davis (1899)
"C. vulgaris, the Scotch heath, grows from one to three feet, with purplish flowers,
disposed in long, terminal, spicate racemes, from HARDY ERICA. ..."
6. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1866)
"Herbaceous plants with variously divided leaves: heads of flowers irregularly
glomerate, spicate: males above, females below. ..."
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