spadici-comb. form
/speɪˌdʌɪsᵻˈflɔːrəs/, U.S. /speɪˌdaɪsᵻˈflɔrəs/, /spəˌdaɪsᵻˈflɔrəs/. combining form of spadix n., used in a few terms of Botany, as spadiciˈfloral, spadiciflorous, spadiciform adjs.
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1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 391 The spadiciform peduncle does not represent this structure very clearly.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 397 The inflorescence is moreover hardly spadiciflorous.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) i. v. 58 Monocotyledons have their flowers..arranged upon a spadix, hence called Spadicifloral.
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