Definition of Spadices. Meaning of Spadices. Synonyms of Spadices

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Definition of Spadices

Spadices
Spadix Spa"dix, n.; pl. L. Spadices, E. Spadixes. [L., a palm branch broken off, with its fruit, Gr. ?.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.

Meaning of Spadices from wikipedia

- spadices /ˈspeɪdɪsiːz/ SPAY-dih-seez, /speɪˈdaɪsiːz/ spay-DY-seez) is a type of inflorescence having small flowers borne on a fleshy stem. Spadices are...
- shoots or specialised lateral shoots, and are branched (rarely unbranched) spadices. All species are dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are borne...
- Apiaceae — pseudanthia are called umbels Araceae — pseudanthia are called spadices Asteraceae — The capitula (singular capitulum) or flower heads, which are...
- June; flowers are borne on a spadix that produces an unpleasant smell. Spadices are 4.5–10 centimetres long and have club-shaped, purple appendices. The...
- entirely white, pink or yellow. Its flowers are small, greenish or whitish on spadices within light-yellow through green spathes. However, the plants grown indoors...
- spathes of fragrant yellow or cream appear in spring, with longer narrow spadices of a darker yellow. The flowers are followed in autumn by clusters of red...
- male) flowers are borne on separate plants. Inflorescences consist of spadices and are surrounded by orange bracts. Fruit are a multiple fruit consisting...
- pollen by the male flowers before escaping and carrying the pollen to the spadices of other plants, where they pollinate the female flowers. Once the plant...
- pollen by the male flowers before escaping and carrying the pollen to the spadices of other plants, where they pollinate the female flowers. The spadix may...
- from windows and walkways "where the brief but overpowering odor from the spadices will be found objectionable". Sauromatum venosum. Plants of the World Online...