spadix
IPA: spˈeɪdɪks
noun
- (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
- (zoology) A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
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Examples of "spadix" in Sentences
- It has a short spadix and the leaves are glaucous.
- The bract can be ten times longer than the spadix.
- The apex of the spadix can be either sterile or not.
- The part of the spadix that heats up is the sterile zone.
- The spadix is 4 10 cm long and is enclosed by the foliage.
- Inflorescences are typical aroids with a spathe and spadix.
- The spadix is hollow and resembles a large loaf of French bread.
- The spadix is cylindrical and has cavities into which the pollen falls into.
- The flower of the anthurium is a typical spadix with a large colorful spathe.
- The small, petalless flowers are on a spadix that is enclosed within a spathe.
- Anthurium flowers are small (about 3 mm) and develop crowded in a spike on a fleshy axis, called a spadix, a characteristic of the Araceae.
- Starting Sept. 2, Metis prepared to bloom by sending up the spadix, which is growing daily and will keep growing during the blossoming process.
- When emerging above the ground, the flower shows itself as a pale-green, bud-shaped configuration composed of a petal-like spathe that surrounds a central spike-like spadix, which is concealed inside at first, and eventually grows in size and finally revealing itself as the entire flower swells.
- When coming out from the ground, the [[flower]] shows itself as a green, bud-shaped configuration composed of a petal-like spathe that surrounds a central spike-like spadix, which is concealed inside at first, and eventually grows in size and finally revealing itself as the entire flower swells.
- Here again we are struck by resemblances to the forms that were the subjects of our previous study, we even come across direct transitional forms, which differ from the others only by the lateral curve of the apex of the leaf; sometimes it is the central part, the spadix, that is bent outward, and the very details show a striking agreement with the structure of the aroid inflorescence, so much so that one might regard them as actually copied from them.