spikelet
/spahyk-lit/US // ˈspaɪk lɪt //UK // (ˈspaɪklɪt) //
小穗子,小钉子,小刺猬,小穗
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Botany.
- : 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.
Examples
Spikelet single, terminating the naked culm, many–several-flowered.
Spikelet with a reddish tinge; awn almost smooth, less than 20 mm.
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