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spicous

/ˈspaɪkəs/

spicous is the alternative form of spicose.

Meaning of spicose

Adjective

spicose (comparative more spicose, superlative most spicose)

  1. Having spikes or ears
    • a spicose umbel

Forms of spicous

comparativemore spicous
superlativemost spicous

Origin of spicous

From Latin spīca (“spike, ear of grain”) + -ous.

Words formed from spicous

  • spicousness

Words that rhyme with spicous

Questions about spicous

What is spicous the alternative form of?
Spicous is the alternative form of spicose.
How do you pronounce spicous?
Spicous is pronounced /ˈspaɪkəs/.

Words near spicous in the dictionary

  1. spiclet
  2. spiclets
  3. spiclomazine
  4. spicness
  5. spicose
  6. spicous
  7. spics
  8. spicspeak
  9. spicula
  10. spiculae
  11. spicular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spicous (page history and authors); spicose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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