Definitions for spikelet

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spikelet spike·let

Spelling: [spahyk-lit]

IPA: /ˈspaɪk lɪt/

Spikelet is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in spikelet (eeiklpst).

Definitions for spikelet

noun

1. a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.

Origin of spikelet

First recorded in 1785-95; spike² + -let

Examples for spikelet

spikelet single, terminating the naked culm, many–several-flowered.

spikelet with a reddish tinge; awn almost smooth, less than 20 mm.