Spikelet definitions

Spikelet

1) Sedge protuberance 2) Small floral cluster 3) Spike
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spikelet

a unit of the inflorescence especially in grasses, sedges and some other monocotyledons, consisting of one to many flowers and associated bracts (glumes).
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

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spikelet

the grass flowerhead, generally composed of 2 glumes and one or more florets. Also used for the small spike-like inflorescence or inflorescence units commonly found in Apiaceae, Cyperaceae and Restionaceae
Found on http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/help/glossary

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Spikelet

• (n.) A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.
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Spikelet

plant structure bearing the grains in a cereal head. The spike (or ear) is divided into 15 to 30 spikelets; each spikelet is made up of 2 to 6 florets where the grains form, and surrounding structures of glumes, lemmas, and paleas.
Found on http://wheatdoctor.org/glossary?showall=&start=1

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Spikelet

The small flowers of grasses, rushes and sedges.
Found on http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/content/glossary.html

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spikelet

(from the article `Cyperaceae`) ...along a shortened axis, called a rachilla, that arises from the central stem of the plant. From a few to many flowers are arranged along the ... The primary inflorescence of grasses is the spikelet, a small structure consisting of a short axis, the rachilla, to which are attached chaffy, ... [2 rela...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/140

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Spikelet

in grasses, the smallest aggregation of florets plus any subtending glumes
Found on http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/botanicalterms.html

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Spikelet

A small spike, particularly one of the few-flowered spikes making up the inflorescence of a grass.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20901

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spikelet

A unit of the inflorescence in grasses, sedges and some other monocotyledons, consisting of one to many flowers and associated glumes. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

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Spikelet

in grasses, the smallest aggregation of florets plus any subtending glumes
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21767

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Spikelet

A small spike.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22037

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Spikelet

A small spike.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22038

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spikelet

a small spike with reduced flowers on a central axis; applied to the flower cluster (inflorescence) of grasses (Gramineae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22043

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Spikelet

Spike'let noun (Botany) A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass .
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/164

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Spikelet

A secondary spike; one part of a compound spike; particularly, one of the ultimate clusters in grosses.
Found on http://www.gardenology.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Gardening_Terms

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spikelet

[n] - a small spike (as the inflorescence on grasses and sedges)
Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=spikelet

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spikelet

In botany, one of the units of a grass inflorescence. It comprises a slender axis on which one or more flowers are borne. Each individual flower or floret has a pair of scalelike bracts, the glumes, and is enclosed by a membranous lemma and a thin, narrow palea, which may be extended into a long, slender bristle, or awn
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221

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