| n. | 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. |
| 2. | (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. |
| Noun | 1. | Spica - the brightest star in Virgo |
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