Spice"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the
bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild
allspice, and fever bush.
Spi*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. spicifer bearing spikes, or ears; spica ear
+ ferre to bear.] Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate. [Obs.] Bailey.
Spi"ci*form (?), a. [L. spica a spike, ear + -form.] (Bot.)
Spike-shaped. Gray.
Spi"ci*ly, adv. In a spicy manner.
Spi"ci*ness, n. The quality or state of being spicy.
Spick (?), n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See Spike a nail.] A spike or nail. [Prov.
Eng.]
Spick and span, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or nail just made
and a chip just split; brand-new; as, a spick and span novelty. See
Span-new. Howell.
Spick"nel (?), n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long nail; -- so
called in allusion to the shape of its capillary leaves.] (Bot.) An
umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves,
common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort. [Written
also spignel.]
Spi*cose" (?), a. [L. spica a spike, or ear.] (Bot.) Having spikes, or
ears, like corn spikes.
Spi*cos"i*ty (?), n. The state of having, or being full of, ears like
corn. [R.] Bailey.
Spi"cous (?), a. (Bot.) See Spicose.
||Spic"u*la (?), n.; pl. Spiculæ (#). [NL., dim. of L. spica a spike,
||ear.] (Bot.) (a) A little spike; a spikelet. (b) A pointed fleshy
||appendage.
Spic"u*lar (?), a. [L. spiculum a dart: cf. F. spiculaire.] Resembling
a dart; having sharp points.
Spic"u*late (?), a. [L. spiculatus, p. p. of spiculare to sharpen, to
point, fr. spiculum a dart.] 1. Covered with, or having, spicules.
2. (Bot.) Covered with minute spiculæ, or pointed fleshy appendages;
divided into small spikelets.
Spic"u*late (?), v. t. To sharpen to a point. [R.] "With spiculated
paling." Mason.
Spic"ule (?), n. [L. spiculum a little point, a dart.] 1. A minute,
slender granule, or point.