Spathe
noun, Botany.
1.
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
noun
1.
a large bract, often coloured, that surrounds the inflorescence of aroid plants and palms
spathe
(spā)
A large, leaflike, often showy bract that encloses a flower cluster or spadix, as in the jack-in-the-pulpit or calla lily.
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adjective 1. spathic. adjective 1. spathaceous.
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adjective, Chiefly Botany. 1. spatulate. adjective 1. another word for spatulate (sense 2)
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adjective 1. of or relating to space. 2. existing or occurring in space; having extension in space. adjective 1. of or relating to space 2. existing or happening in space spatial spa·tial or spa·cial (spā’shəl) adj. Relating to space or a space. spa’ti·al’i·ty (spā’shē-āl’ĭ-tē) n. spa’tial·ly adv.