spadix

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).

He beats the green spadix with wooden implements to make fibre for his ropes; in the dry state he uses it as fuel; he makes his mats, the only known form of carpet and bedding here, out of it; his baskets are made of the leaves. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent

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