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adjectivehaving or relating to spikes
Definition that contains spicate
- anadenanthera colubrina Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
- genus psoralea widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
- yerba mansa stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
- anemopsis californica stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
- oxytropis large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
- false asphodel a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
- piptadenia macrocarpa Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
- amorpha any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
- genus oxytropis large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
- psoralea widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers