spa|di|ceous

spa|di|ceous
spa|di|ceous «spay DIHSH uhs», adjective.
1. Botany. a) in the form or of like a spadix. b) bearing a spadix.
2. reddish or brownish; chestnut.
[< New Latin spadiceus (with English -ous) < Latin spādīx, -īcis date, date-colored, nut-brown; see etym. under spadix (Cf.spadix)]

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