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单词 spadix
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spadixn.

Brit. /ˈspeɪdɪks/, U.S. /ˈspeɪdɪks/
Forms: Plural spadices /speɪˈdaɪsiːz/ and ˈspadixes.
Etymology: < Latin spādīx, < Greek σπάδιξ palm-branch, palm-coloured. Compare French spadice.
1. Botany. A form of inflorescence consisting of a thick fleshy spike, closely set with flowers, and enclosed in a spathe; a succulent spike, whether enclosed in a spathe or not.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > spadix
pestle1578
pistil1717
spadix1760
perichaetium1777
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. viii. 17 Spadix is the Receptacle of a Palm..produced within a Spatha, or Sheath, on the Branches that bear Fruit.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. x. 112 All..growing upon a spadix. [Note] The spadix is the receptacle in this tribe, and has no English name.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S2v The calyx of a spadix.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S2v Some flowers which have no spadix.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 Flowers unisexual, arranged upon a naked spadix.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 204 Sterile and fertile spadices cylindrical.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 264 Round our feet are Arums, with snow-white spadixes and hoods.
1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants II. 17 They are often so deceived as to lay their eggs on the spadix.
2. Zoology. A part in cephalopods and hydrozoans having some analogy to a spadix in plants.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > member of > part analogous to a spadix
spadix1871
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > analogous to spadix
spadix1871
1871 G. J. Allman Monogr. Gymnoblastic Hydroids I. p. xv Spadix,..the hollow body which projects from the floor of the sporosac into its cavity, and round which the generative elements are developed.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 534 On the left side, the four tentacles of the posterior division..are converted into a peculiar organ termed the spadix.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 674/2 The spadix is in fact the hectocotylized portion of the fore-foot of the male Nautilus.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 762 The term ‘spadix’ is applied to the central closed endodermic structure representing the manubrial cavity in a gonophore or sporosac.
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