In botany, a spadix (pl. spadices)'s a type of spike: an inflorescence with small flowers crowded on a thickened, fleshy axis. The term's applied to certain monocotyledons, especially members of the Family Araceae called arums or aroids. In these flower heads there's typically also a spathe (from Ancient Greek spathe "broad blade") present: a large, usually showy and solitary, bract that either subtends (lies just below) or partially encloses the spadix. The "flower" of the anthurium's a typica… (More on Spadix)