SPIKELET


Meaning of SPIKELET in English

/spuyk"lit/ , n. Bot.

a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.

[ 1785-95; SPIKE 2 + -LET ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .