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ˈspicous, a. Bot. ? Obs.
[f. L. spīca spike.]
Spicate; spiky, pointed.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 46 The seeds about the spicous head or torch of Tapsus Barbatus. 1694Westmacott Script. Herb. (1695) 8 The Fruit or Apples..are..coated and armed with many spicous Pricks. [1775in Ash. Hence in later Dicts.]
Hence ˈspicousness. rare—0.
1730Bailey (fol.), Spicousness, a being spiked like Ears of Corn; also Fulness of Ears. |