spicateadj.

Brit.

/ˈspʌɪkeɪt/,

/ˈspʌɪkət/, U.S.

/ˈspaɪˌkeɪt/

Forms: Also 1800s spikate.

Etymology: < Latin spīcātus, past participle of spīcāre to furnish with spikes, to make pointed, < spīca spike n.¹

1. Botany.

a. Of plants: Having an efflorescence in the form of a spike.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of a spike

spiky1578

spicous1658

spicated1661

spicate1668

spicaceous1756

spiciform1836

α.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 94 Spicate herbs.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxi. 212 Spicate, with the Flowers in Spikes.

b. Of flowers: Arranged in a spike.

ΘΚΠ

spiked1597

spicate1668

spiculate1832

tristachyous1891

α.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 93 Spicate flowers.

1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 231 Spicate, belonging to or disposed in a spike.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 173 A perennial erect herb, with..terminal spicate rose or purple flowers.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 780 The flowers whitish, in long branched spicate racemes.

β. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 192 Infl. capitate, spikate, unilateral, recurved.1896 G. Henslow How to study Wild Flowers 113 The terminal portion of the spikate inflorescence.

2. Zoology. Having the form of a spike; pointed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed

spiculiform1846

spicate1856

spicular1861

1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 314 Athericera. Antennæ..presenting the form of a patella or capitulum, and in most supplied with a seta or spicate appendage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spicate
释义	spicateadj. Brit. /ˈspʌɪkeɪt/, /ˈspʌɪkət/, U.S. /ˈspaɪˌkeɪt/ Forms: Also 1800s spikate. Etymology: < Latin spīcātus, past participle of spīcāre to furnish with spikes, to make pointed, < spīca spike n.¹ 1. Botany. a. Of plants: Having an efflorescence in the form of a spike. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of a spike spiky1578 spicous1658 spicated1661 spicate1668 spicaceous1756 spiciform1836 α. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 94 Spicate herbs. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxi. 212 Spicate, with the Flowers in Spikes. b. Of flowers: Arranged in a spike. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of a spike > bearing a spike spiked1597 spicate1668 spiculate1832 tristachyous1891 α. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 93 Spicate flowers. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 231 Spicate, belonging to or disposed in a spike. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 173 A perennial erect herb, with..terminal spicate rose or purple flowers. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 780 The flowers whitish, in long branched spicate racemes. β. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 192 Infl. capitate, spikate, unilateral, recurved.1896 G. Henslow How to study Wild Flowers 113 The terminal portion of the spikate inflorescence. 2. Zoology. Having the form of a spike; pointed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed spiculiform1846 spicate1856 spicular1861 1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 314 Athericera. Antennæ..presenting the form of a patella or capitulum, and in most supplied with a seta or spicate appendage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1668
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