Associations to the word «Spikelet»

Pictures for the word «Spikelet»

Wiktionary

SPIKELET, noun. (botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge

Dictionary definition

SPIKELET, noun. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope