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nouna conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescencetype of:
Definition that contains spathe
- calla South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
- tuckahoe perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries
- amorphophallus rivieri foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
- anthurium scherzerianum commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
- jack-in-the-pulpit common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
- snake palm foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
- green dragon early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
- devil's tongue foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
- flamingo flower commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
- arisarum vulgare tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores