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Definition of spathe in English: spathenoun speɪðspeɪð Botany A large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms. Example sentencesExamples - It will take a few years to flower but the long yellow spathes that appear in spring before the leaves develop are well worth the wait.
- Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen.
- The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix.
- Always bitterly exuberant, you see life as a pink spathe swathing a yellow spadix.
- At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes.
Origin Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek spathē 'broad blade'. Rhymes bathe, lathe, rathe, scathe, swathe Definition of spathe in US English: spathenounspāT͟Hspeɪð Botany A large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms. Example sentencesExamples - It will take a few years to flower but the long yellow spathes that appear in spring before the leaves develop are well worth the wait.
- At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes.
- The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix.
- Always bitterly exuberant, you see life as a pink spathe swathing a yellow spadix.
- Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen.
Origin Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek spathē ‘broad blade’. |