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spikelet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spikelet  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spikelet 
  n  :  a  small  spike  (as  the  inflorescence  on  grasses  and  sedges) 




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