spathe in English

noun

1

a large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms.

The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix.

Use "spathe" in a sentence

1. The inflorescence's deep red color and texture contribute to the illusion that the spathe is a piece of meat.

2. Aroid refers to a certain type of flower structure made up of a modified leaf (spathe) and a stalk of tiny flowers (spadix)

3. Anthurium definition is - any of a genus (Anthurium) of tropical American plants of the arum family with large often brightly colored leaves, a cylindrical spadix, and a colored spathe.

4. The occasionally beautiful and often bizarre combination of spathe and spadix called the inflorescence, sometimes referred to as a "flower", is a distinguishing feature of all Aroids

5. The sometimes beautiful and sometimes bizarre combination of spathe and spadix known as the inflorescence, and sometimes referred to as a flower, is a distinguishing feature of all Aroids

6. Little fellow Bom has an areca spathe fan, Dives begs him to exchange it for three oxen and nine buffalos, Bom says that Bom does not want to take them.

7. Arum definition is - any of a genus (Arum of the family Araceae, the Arum family) of Eurasian plants having usually arrow-shaped leaves and a showy spathe partially enclosing a spadix; broadly : a plant of the Arum …

8. What makes an Aroid an Aroid? One characteristic is a spathe, which is a sheath that surrounds a spadix, which is a spike with male flowers on top and female flowers on the bottom in a rigid geometric pattern

9. Bract: 1 n a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence Types: show 6 types hide 6 types calycle , calyculus , epicalyx , false calyx a group of Bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus Bracteole , Bractlet a small Bract spathe a conspicuous Bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other