Definition of "spicate" []

• Borne in or forming a spike. (adjective)

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• "The exact summits of all the hills are covered with a coarse spicate"
• "Many flowers from the axil of a bract; no bractioles interspersed, hence we may expect racemose or spicate partial inflorescences."
• "The spikelets are all unisexual, spicate, the male and female spikelets are dissimilar, and are on the same or on different spikes."