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spicate

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spi⋅cate

  [spahy-keyt]
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–adjective Botany.
1. having spikes, as a plant.
2. arranged in spikes, as flowers.
3. in the form of a spike, as in inflorescence.
Origin:
1660–70; < L spīcātus, equiv. to spīc(a) spica + -ātus -ate 1
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spi·cate   (spī'kāt')   
adj.  Borne in or forming a spike.

[Latin spīcātus, from spīca, ear of grain.]
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