Synonyms for "spikelet" (21 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

amentbramblebriarbrierbristle

Strong matches (6)

burrcactusconegoose grassheadneedle

Related words (10)

nettlepine conepricklequillspiculespikespinestickerthistlethorn

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

reproductive structure

Synonyms

1 entries

spine

Related terms

1 entries

spiky

derived from

1 entries

spike

has context

1 entries

botany

related to

4 entries

grassinflorescencesedgespike

Translations

11 translations across 10 languages.

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Catalan

2 entries

• espigueta noun (botany: secondary spike)
• espícula noun (botany: secondary spike)

Czech

1 entries

• klásek noun (botany: secondary spike)

Dutch

1 entries

• aartje noun (botany: secondary spike)

Finnish

1 entries

• tähkylä noun (botany: secondary spike)

French

1 entries

• épillet noun (botany: secondary spike)

German

1 entries

• Ährchen noun (botany: secondary spike)

Italian

1 entries

• spighetta noun (botany: secondary spike)

Polish

1 entries

• kłosek noun (botany: secondary spike)

Swedish

1 entries

• småax noun (botany: secondary spike)

Welsh

1 entries

• tywysennig noun (botany: secondary spike)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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I have an oat spikelet across my throat.

Source: tatoeba (9928596)

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