Spicate 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Spiny 



Cystolith and Sph^raphi- 

 des. 



SPHJERO-CRYS'TAL, see Sphere- 

 crystal. 



SPI'CATE, arranged in a spike; 

 spike-like; spicose. 



SPlglF'EROtTS, bearing or pro- 

 ducing spikes. 



SPI'CIFdRM, spike-shaped. 



SPICOSE', bearing spikes or ar- 

 ranged in spikes; spicous. 



SPlCULA (pi. Spic'ulae), see Spic- 

 ule. 



SPIC tJLAR, resembling a spicule 

 or bearing spicules. 



SPlCtJLATE, (1) covered with 

 spicules; (2) bearing or com- 

 posed of spikelets. (Rare.) 



SPlCULA'TION, a term employed 

 by Ny lander for an attenuated 

 constriction of the hypha in 

 the formation of spores, leav- 

 ing the extremity as a spicule 

 after the separation. 



SPICULE, (1) a small pointed 

 appendage somewhat soft or 

 fleshy, like the sterigmata of 

 fungi; (2) a needle-like crys- 

 tal; (3) a spikelet (obs.); spic- 

 ula. 



SPIKE, an inflorescence of sessile 

 or nearly sessile flowers on a 

 single elongated axis. See 

 Spadix, Ament, Spikelet, 

 and Compound Spike. 



SPIKE'LET, (1) a secondary 

 spike; (2) in grasses a flower 

 (or ultimate flower - cluster) 

 ususally enclosed by one or 

 more (generally two) empty 

 glumes; locusta. 



SPlN'DLE, (1) a name sometimes 

 given to the tassel of Indian 

 corn; (2) see Nuclear Spin- 

 dle. 



SPlN'DLE - FI'BRE§, the achro- 

 matic filaments which form 

 the nuclear spindle; spindle- 



threads; nuclear fibrils and 

 cell - fibres of Strasburger; 

 conjunctive threads of Fol 

 (probably). 



SPlN'DLE - SHAPED, see Fusi- 

 form. 



SPINE, any sharp, rigid process 

 of considerable size which is 

 not a transformed branch; es- 

 pecially an organ, such as a 

 leaf, stipule, tooth, etc., of 

 whatever size, which is modi- 

 fied by becoming sharp and 

 rigid for protection. In gen- 

 eral, where no other distinction 

 exists, as in the cactus, spines 

 are considered merely as sharp 

 processes intermediate in size 

 and rigidity between thorns 

 and prickles. See Thorn and 

 Prickle. 



SPINflS'CENT, somewhat spiny 

 in structure, or bearing few 

 spines. Compare Spinules- 



CENT. 



SPINLF'EROUS, bearing a spine 

 or spines; spinigerous. 



SPLN'1f6RM, shaped like a spine 

 or thorn. 



SPlNlG'EROUS, see Spiniferous. 



SPlNOSE', bearing spines; cov- 

 ered with spines; spinous; 

 spiny. 



SPI'NOUS, spinose or spiny. 



SPIN'ULE, a very small spine. 



SPINULES'gENT, slightly spiny 

 in structure, or bearing small 

 spines; spinulose. Compare 

 Spinescent. 



SPlNtJLlF'EROTJS, bearing very 

 small spines. 



SPlN'tJLOSE, spinulescent; espe- 

 cially, bearing many small 

 spines. 



SPIN'"?, bearing spines; having 

 the nature of a spine; termi- 

 nating in a spine. 



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