A spadixspadix:
(n) a spike of small flowers borne on a thick, fleshy axis
is a spikespike:
(n) an indeterminate, unbranching inflorescence of sessile flowers or flower clusters on a usually elongated axis
consisting
of small, often reduced flowers borne on a thick, fleshy axisaxis:
(n) the main stem; the central column of an inflorescence or other structure
. Spadices
are characteristic of the family Araceae. A spadixspadix:
(n) a spike of small flowers borne on a thick, fleshy axis
may or may not be subtended
by a spathespathe:
(n) a large bract or bracts subtending and often enclosing an inflorescence
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Authors: S. Winterton, J. Scher, J. Burnett, and A.J. Redford
Edition 3.0 - last updated September 2018
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