SPA'DEFUL, noun [spade and full.] As much as a spade will hold. SPADI'CEOUS, adjective [Latin spadiceus, from spadix, a light red color.] 1. Of a light red color, usually denominated bay. 2. In botany, a spadiceous flower, is a sort of aggregate flower, having a receptacle common to many florets, within a spathe, as in palms, dracontium, arum, etc.
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