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spathe

  [speyth]
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–noun Botany.
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
Origin:
1775–85; < L spatha < Gk spáthē blade, sword, stem; cf. spade 2

Related forms:
spathed, adjective
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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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