spadiceous

spadiceous
/spay dish"euhs/, adj.
1. Bot.
a. of the nature of a spadix.
b. bearing a spadix.
2. of a bright brown color.
[1640-50; < NL spadiceus, equiv. to L spadic- (s. of spadix; see SPADIX) + -eus -EOUS]

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