Spadix

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

In botany, a spadix (pl.: spadices) is a type of inflorescence having small flowers borne on a fleshy stem. Spadices are typical of the family Araceae, the arums or aroids. The spadix is typically surrounded by a leaf-like curved bract known as a spathe.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Spadix (botany)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Paulo Roberto C M Jr., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.