Spadiceous

//spəˈdɪʃiəs// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour. archaic

    "Of those five [horns] which Scaliger beheld, though one spadiceous, or of a light red, and two inclining to red, yet was there not any of this complexion among them."

  2. 2
    Bearing flowers on a spadix; of similar to a spadix. archaic

Synonyms

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spadicose

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"Of those five [horns] which Scaliger beheld, though one spadiceous, or of a light red, and two inclining to red, yet was there not any of this complexion among them."

Etymology

From Latin spadix, spadicis (“a date-brown or nut-brown color”). See spadix.

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