Spadiceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spadiceous \Spa*di"ceous\, a. [L. spadix, -icis, a date-brown or
     nut-brown color. See {Spadix}.]
     1. Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color. --Sir T.
        Browne.
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     2. (Bot.) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a
        spadix.
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