Spicae

2 definitions found

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

  Spica \Spi"ca\, n.; pl. {Spicae}. [L., an ear, as of corn.]
     1. (Med.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and
        crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from
        its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the
        constellation Virgo.
        [1913 Webster] Spicate

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spicae
       See {spica}