How to Use spadix in a Sentence
spadix
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These white leaves provide a beautiful backdrop for the rod-like spadix, which contains the true peace lily blossoms.
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Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
6 Feb. 2026
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The spathe is a curvaceous, hood-like, modified leaf or bract that attracts insects with its color and then traps them against the spadix, ensuring pollination.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Native to Indonesia, the flower closed its spathe Friday and its yellow spadix will fall off, Underwood said.
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Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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All of these are members of the aroid family (Araceae) and are easily recognizable by their flowering apparatus, consisting of a spadix and a spathe.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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What appears to be a single bloom is actually an enormous inflorescence, a cluster of many tiny flowers at the base of a tall central column called the spadix and surrounded by a deep purple, velvety spathe.
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ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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