SPICAE

SPICA

Spica

(noun) the brightest star in Virgo

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

spicae

plural of spica

Anagrams

• apices, capies

Source: Wiktionary

SPICA

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