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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Spadix [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, the receptacle in palms and some other plants, proceeding from a spathe.

Spadix [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

2. A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.

Spadixes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913