Spice

Morpheme

Spice

Type

bound base

Denotation

point, spike, grain head

Etymology

Latin spīca

Evidence

aspicular, interspicular, macrospicule, paucispicular, spica, spicae, spicas, spicula, spicular, spicularite, spicule, spicules, spiculiferous, spiculiform, spiculigenous, spiculite, spiculum, unispicular

Notes

spicule, spiculum, and spicula are doublets

Homographs

Spice, Spice