Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Spadix

Spadix , noun

[Latin, a palm branch broken off, with its fruit, Greek {not transcribed}.]

1.
(Botany) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
2.
(Zoology) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.