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spikelike

spikelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a spike.

Adjective

spikelike (comparative more spikelike, superlative most spikelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spike.
    Synonyms:
    spiky

Synonyms of spikelike

Forms of spikelike

comparativemore spikelike
superlativemost spikelike

Origin of spikelike

From spike + -like.

Questions about spikelike

What does spikelike mean?
Spikelike means resembling or characteristic of a spike.
What part of speech is spikelike?
Spikelike is an adjective.

Words near spikelike in the dictionary

  1. spikeless
  2. spikelet
  3. spikeleted
  4. spikelets
  5. spikeletted
  6. spikelike
  7. spikemoss
  8. spikemosses
  9. spikenail
  10. spikenails
  11. spikenard

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