SPICA
Spi"ca, n.; pl. Spicæ. Etym: [L., an ear, as of corn.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; — so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation
Virgo.
SPICATE; SPICATED Spi"cate, Spi"ca*ted, a. Etym: [L. spicatus, p. p. of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. spica a spike, or ear.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes. Lee.
SPICCATO
Spic*ca"to, a. Etym: [It., p. p. of spicare to detach, to separate.]
(Mus.)
Defn: Detached; separated; — a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
SPICE Spice, n. Etym: [OE. spice, spece, spice, species, OF. espice, espece, F. épice spice, espèce species, fr. L. species particular sort or kind, a species, a sight, appearance, show, LL., spices, drugs, etc., of the same sort, fr. L. specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Species.]