different between andromeda vs spica

English

Etymology

From Andromeda.

Noun

andromeda (countable and uncountable, plural andromedas)

1. Any shrub of the genus Pieris (family Ericaceae), having leathery leaves and small flowers.
2. Bog rosemary.

Derived terms

• Japanese andromeda

See also

• andromeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pieris (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• andromeda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spica.

Noun

spica (plural spicas or spicae)

1. (botany) A spike.
2. (ornithology) 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.

Anagrams

• APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Italian

Noun

spica f (plural spiche)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of spiga; ear (of corn); spike
2. (regional) lavender

   Synonym: lavanda

Anagrams

• aspic, cispa, pasci, scapi

Latin

Alternative forms

• sp?cum
• sp?cus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *speik?, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spi?.ka/, [?s?pi?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spi.ka/, [?spi?k?]

Noun

sp?ca f (genitive sp?cae); first declension

1. (of grain) A head, ear, spike

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• sp?cilegium
• sp?c?rium (Late Latin)

Descendants

References

• spica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• spica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Anagrams

• pacis

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sp?it?sa]

Adjective

spica

1. feminine nominative singular of spicy

Participle

spica

1. feminine nominative singular of spicy

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?ka/
• Hyphenation: spi?ca

Noun

spica f (plural spichi)

1. spike, ear