Obs. [f. SPIKE sb.1] = SPIKELET1.
1796. Withering, Brit. Plants (ed. 3), I. 83. Spiket (spicula) or Little Spike, constituting a part of a larger composition of florets. Ibid., II. 149. The number of florets in each spiket very uncertain.
1817. Blackw. Mag., II. 235. The spikets on an ear of wheat are in two rows.
