combining form of SPADIX, used in a few terms of Bot., as spadiciflo·ral, -flo·rous, -form adjs.
1857. Henfrey, Bot., 391. The spadiciform peduncle does not represent this structure very clearly. Ibid., 397. The inflorescence is moreover hardly spadiciflorous.
1869. Oliver, Elem. Bot., I. v. 58. Monocotyledons have their flowers … arranged upon a spadix, hence called—Spadicifloral.
