spikelet
Dictionary:
spike·let (spīk'lĭt) 
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n.
A small or secondary spike, characteristic of grasses and sedges, having a varying number of reduced flowers each subtended by one or two scalelike bracts.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a small spike (as the inflorescence on grasses and sedges)
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