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adder's-tongue |
any of various ferns with a single sporeless leaflike frond and a slender spore-bearing spike or stalk that suggests a snake's tongue. [1/2 definitions] |
ament1 |
a dense, drooping cluster of scalelike flowers growing around a spike, found on trees such as poplars, birches, and willows; catkin. |
arum |
any of a family of plants, such as jack-in-the-pulpit, with arrow-shaped leaves and bearing a flower, at the tip of a long spike, that is enclosed by a hoodlike leaf. [1/2 definitions] |
calla |
any of several subtropical plants, esp. the calla lily, which has a large, white petal-like part surrounding a yellow spike of tiny flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
catkin |
a dense, drooping cluster of small flowers growing in rows on a spike, as on a willow tree. |
cattail |
any of several tall, reedlike marsh plants with tiny brown flowers growing in dense rows on a cylindrical spike. |
cowfish |
a small, brightly-colored fish covered with bony plates and having a spike over each eye, found in tropical waters. [1/2 definitions] |
gad2 |
a pointed tool or spike used in mining ore or rock. [1/3 definitions] |
green dragon |
a wildflower of eastern North America that bears tiny flowers at the base of a long thin spike surrounded by narrow leaves. |
icicle |
a spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water. |
iris |
any of various related plants that have sword-shaped leaves and bear showy flowers on an upright spike, or the flower of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
jack-in-the-pulpit |
a North American wildflower having a single vertical spike with a green and purple sheath that forms a hood over its top. |
piton |
a sharp-pointed metal spike designed to be hammered into rock or ice for giving support or for attaching a rope in mountain climbing. |
shooting stick |
a portable device consisting of a seat mounted on one end of a canelike stick with a spike at the other end, used esp. by spectators at golf tournaments and the like. |
spadix |
a thick, fleshy spike that carries very tiny flowers, usu. surrounded by a sheathlike spathe, as in the calla. |
spathe |
a leaflike structure, often large and colorful, that surrounds or spreads out from the spadix or flower spike of certain plants. |
spicate |
in the form of a spike. [1/3 definitions] |
spike1 |
to fasten, secure, or furnish with a spike or spikes. [2/9 definitions] |
spikelet |
a small spike, esp. a secondary, flower-bearing spike in grasses. |
spiky |
resembling a spike or spikes; long and sharp-pointed. [1/2 definitions] |
spur |
a metal piece with a spike that is attached to the heel of a rider's boot. Spurs are used to make a horse go forward. [1/4 definitions] |
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