Etymology

spiciform

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Today it means: spike-shaped Full definition →

Latin spica
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromspica“a spike, ear”
  2. English todayspiciform

From Latin spica (“a spike, ear”) + -form.

Words from the same roots

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spigotspica

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