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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spadix \Spa"dix\, n.; pl L. {Spadices}, E. {Spadixes}. [L., a
palm branch broken off with its fruit, Gr ?.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a
leaf called a spathe.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a
modification of the posterior tentacles.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spadix
n : the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
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