Spa"di*cose` (?), a. (Bot.) Spadiceous.
Spa*dille" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. espadilla, dim. of espada. See Spade a
card.] (Card Playing) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.
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. (Zoöl.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of
the posterior tentacles.
||Spa"do (?), n.; pl. Spadones (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. Same as
||Spade, 2.