[speyth] 
| a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster. |
| spathe (spāth) n. A leaflike bract that encloses or subtends a flower cluster or spadix, as in the jack-in-the-pulpit and the calla. [Latin spatha, broadsword, from Greek spathē, broad blade.] |
