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spathe

[speyth]
–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


spathed, adjective
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