† spiketn.
Obsolete.
= spikelet n.1
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1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 83 Spiket (spicula) or Little Spike, constituting a part of a larger composition of florets.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 149 The number of florets in each spiket very uncertain.
1817 Blackwood's Mag. 2 235 The spikets on an ear of wheat are in two rows.
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