'Spica' definitions:
Definition of 'Spica'
(from WordNet)
noun
The brightest star in Virgo
Definition of 'Spica'
From: GCIDE
- Spica \Spi"ca\, n.; pl. Spicae. [L., an ear, as of corn.]
- 1. (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. [1913 Webster] Spicate