(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:19:30

Spic"u*la (?), n.; pl. Spiculae (#). [NL., dim. of L. spica a spike, ear.] Bot. (a)

A little spike; a spikelet.

(b)

A pointed fleshy appendage.

 

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