SPADICEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

spadiceous (comparative more spadiceous, superlative most spadiceous)

Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour.

(botany) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.

Anagrams

• dipsaceous

Source: Wiktionary


Spa*di"ceous, a. Etym: [L. spadix, -icis, a date-brown or nut-brown color. See Spadix.]

1. Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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