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Definitions of spadix
  1. noun
    the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
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  • calla South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
  • arum maculatum common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
  • lords-and-ladies common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
  • flamingo plant commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
  • anthurium andraeanum commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
  • arisaema dracontium early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
  • cuckoopint common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
  • umbrella arum foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
  • indian turnip common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
  • calla lily South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
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