Spa-di'ceous (-dĭsh'us) or Spā'di-eōse (125), a.
a. [N. Lat. spadiceus, from spadix, spadicis, a date-brown or nut-brown color. See SPADIX.] 1. Of a light red color, usually denominated bay. Browne.
Sense 2. (Bot.) [See SPADIX.] Being like a spadix; resembling a spadix. Martyn.