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Definitions of spathe
  1. noun
    a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence
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  • 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
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