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SPICATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spicate mean?
• SPICATE (adjective)
The adjective SPICATE has 1 sense:
1. having or relating to spikes
Familiarity information: SPICATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or relating to spikes
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
spicate inflorescence
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
spike ((botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis)
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