Spicate Definition

spīkāt
adjective
Spikelike in form.
Webster's New World
Arranged in a spike or spikes.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Spicate

  • Latin spicatus, past participle of spicare (“to furnish with spikes, or ears").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin spīcātus from spīca ear of grain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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