SPICA

Spica

(noun) the brightest star in Virgo

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spica (plural spicas or spicae)

(botany) A spike.

(ornithology) A spur.

A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.

Anagrams

• APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Etymology

Proper noun

Spica

(star) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.

Anagrams

• APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Source: Wiktionary


Spi"ca, n.; pl. Spicæ. Etym: [L., an ear, as of corn.]

1. (Med.)

Definition: A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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