| Pronunciation: | | 'spIklit
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a small spike (as the inflorescence on grasses and sedges) |
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SPIKELET is a 8 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | spike |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Spike"let\, n. (Bot.)
A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate
parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of
{Quaking grass}.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A unit of the inflorescence in grasses, sedges and some other monocotyledons, consisting of one to many flowers and associated glumes. |
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