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Spadix vs Catkin - What's the difference?

spadix | catkin |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between spadix and catkin

is that spadix is (botany) a fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe while catkin is (botany) a type of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

As nouns the difference between spadix and catkin

is that spadix is (botany) a fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe while catkin is (botany) a type of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

spadix

English

Noun

(spadices)
  • (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe.
  • (zoology) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.

    • See also

    * Araceae * spathe ----

    catkin

    English

    (wikipedia catkin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

    • Coordinate terms

    * raceme * spike