spica
noun
- pl. spicae Bot. a spike, as of a flower
- Med. a kind of bandage wrapped back and forth with spiral overlapping around parts of a joint
- a binary star, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo: magnitude, 1.0, but it varies regularly by a magnitude of 0.1 as the fainter star eclipses its brighter companion
See spica in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(spīˈkə)
noun pl. spi·cae (-kē, -sē) or
spi·cas A bandage applied in overlapping opposite spirals to immobilize a digit or limb.
(spīˈkə)
noun A spectroscopic binary star, 245 light-years from Earth, one of the brightest stars in the sky and the brightest star in the constellation Virgo.
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