(Botany)a spike of minute flowers closely arranged round a fleshy axis and typically enclosed in a spathe, characteristic of the arums (植)肉穗;佛焰花序,肉穗花序
(Zoology)(in certain invertebrates) a part or organ which is more or less conical in shape, e.g. a group of connected tentacles in a nautiloid (动)(在某些无脊椎动物中的)生殖触手
spadiceous [-ˈdɪʃəs] adjective 语源
mid 18th cent.: via Latin from Greek, literally palm branch'