spathe

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{i} yen [(Botanik) ]
{i} gonca yaprağı
brakte
bürg
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A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix
{n} a calyx like a sheath, bursting lengthwise
A large bract that envelops or subtends an inflorescence, especially a spadix
{i} large leaflike part covering a flower cluster (Botany)
See the Note under Bract, and Illust
A leaflike bract that encloses or subtends a flower cluster or spadix, as in the jack-in-the-pulpit and the calla
of Spadix
a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence
A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms
A spathe
spatha
spathes
plural of spathe
spathe

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    Etymology

    [ 'spA[th] ] (noun.) 1785. From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spathê) "blade".
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