Spikelet in a sentence as a noun

Any food in any quantity was confiscated, even minuscule amounts of partially rotten food, according to the law called as "law about 3 spikelets". Villains were shot by armed guard when they tried to dig rotten potatoes left in the field.

Spikelet definitions

noun

a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

See also: spine thorn prickle pricker sticker