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Spicate

Spicate \Spi"cate\, Spicated \Spi"ca*ted\, a. [L. spicatus, p. p. of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. spica a spike, or ear.] (Bot.) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
spicate

1660s, "having spikes," from Latin spicatus, past participle of spicare "to furnish with spikes," from spica (see spike (n.2)).

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spicate

a. (context botany English) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.

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spicate

adj. having or relating to spikes; "spicate inflorescence"

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There were scraps of plantlife: dust-coloured marram, trees of hard and alien nature, spicate foliage.