spadix

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
    — The spadix of this plant is frequently quite white, or coloured, and the leaves liable to be streaked with white, and to have black, or scarlet blotches on them.
  2. A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
    — However, the shells of modern nautiluses show the opposite pattern—males are somewhat larger than females, with a wider aperture to accommodate the spadix.

词形变化

spadixes plural spadices plural

词汇关系

衍生词
spadiceous
相关词
Araceae spathe

词源

Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).
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