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Definition: Spadix |
SpadixNoun1. The fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Spadix \Spa"dix\, noun; plural Latin Spadices, English Spadixes. [Latin expression, palm branch broken off, with its fruit, Greek]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Inflorescence or infructescence of a palm. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Spadix |
| English words defined with "spadix": Amorphophallus rivieri, Anthurium andraeanum, Anthurium scherzerianum, Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema dracontium, Arisaema triphyllum, aroid, arum, arum lily, Arum maculatum ♦ calla, calla lily, cuckoopint ♦ devil's tongue, Dragon arum ♦ flamingo flower, flamingo plant ♦ genus Alocasia, golden club, green dragon ♦ Indian turnip ♦ jack-in-the-pulpit ♦ Lords and Ladies, lords-and-ladies ♦ Orontium aquaticum ♦ snake palm, Spadiceous, Spadices, Spadixes, spathe ♦ umbrella arum ♦ wake-robin ♦ Zantedeschia aethiopica. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spadix": SPAGHETTI. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spadix": Spadiceous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spadix" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (spadix). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spadix | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spadix"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | kolbe (bulb, envelope, flask, retort, shell, tank, tube). (various references) | |
Dutch | kolf (ear), bloeikolf. (various references) | |
Finnish | puikelo. (various references) | |
French | spadice. (various references) | |
German | Kolben (beak, bulb, butt, cob, conk, ear, flask, forcer, hooter, piston, pistons, prick, retort, spadices, tool). (various references) | |
Greek | σπάδιξ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אשבול. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mayang (palm blossom), gagang (handle, stalk, stem). (various references) | |
Italian | spiga (ear), spadice, pannocchia (cob, corncob, ear, panicle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adixspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | espadice. (various references) | |
Russian | початок (cob, cop, spadices). (various references) | |
Spanish | espádice. (various references) | |
Swedish | kolv (butt, flask, piston). (various references) | |
Thai | "อกหน้าวัว. (various references) | |
Turkish | çiçeklenme (bloom, blooming, florescence, inflorescence). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | spadix. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spadix": spadixes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "spadix" (pronounced 'Spa"dix'): Perdix, Radix, Sandix. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-p-s-x" | |
-1 letter: padis, sapid. | |
-2 letters: aids, axis, dais, daps, dips, padi, pads, paid, pias, sadi, said. | |
-3 letters: ads, aid, ais, asp, dap, dip, dis, ids, pad, pas, pax, pia, pis, pix, psi, sad, sap, sax, sip, six, spa, xis. | |
-4 letters: ad, ai, as, ax, id, is, pa, pi, si, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-p-s-x" | |
+2 letters: spadixes. | |
+4 letters: appendixes, hexaploids, hexapodies, peroxidase, pyridoxals. | |
+5 letters: asphyxiated, maxillipeds, peroxidases. | |
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