# spica

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #65,527

## Definitions
1. A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis).
2. A spur.
3. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spica.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spica