Talk:Spadix (botany)

Maize
Could the "cob" of "corn on the cob" be considered a spadix? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.2.111 (talk) 19:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Etymology
Does anyone know how this came to be called spadix? In Latin, it means brown.Cadwaladr (talk) 03:22, 15 May 2008 (UTC)