The trunk is exceedingly rough and spiny; the flower spathes, which appear in the axils of the leaves, are woody, and contain branched spadices with many flowers; more than 11,000 have been counted on a single male spadix. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
S: And cornfields and palm-trees having fine spadices?. From Wordnik.com. [Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side] Reference
S: And the tall palm-trees having spadices closely set one above another. From Wordnik.com. [Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side] Reference
Eredia says that the Malays cured it by the use of a wine made from the nipa palm, from whence we know a saccharine fermentable juice exudes from the cut spadices of this and other species. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825] Reference
They grew in large clusters among the bases of the leaves; and Guapo was not long in ascending several trees -- for the jara is a smooth-skinned palm, and can be climbed -- and breaking off the spadices, and flinging them to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Honesti spadices, says Virgil, (Georgic.l. iii. 72, with the Observations of Martin and. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
Honesti spadices, says Virgil, (Georgic.l. iii. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
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