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spathe

/speɪð/

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noun

/speɪð/C2formalscientific
  • ruКрупный, часто яркий прицветник, который оборачивает или поддерживает початок или другой тип соцветия, обычно встречающийся у растений семейства ароидных.

A large, often showy bract that encloses or subtends a spadix or other type of inflorescence, commonly found in plants of the arum family.

  1. Botanical structureC2formal

    A large, often showy bract that encloses or surrounds a flower cluster, especially a spadix.

    ruПокрывало

    • The peace lily has a white spathe that many people mistake for a petal.
    • The spathe of the arum plant is often brightly colored.
    • Botanists study the spathe to understand the plant's reproductive cycle.

    Synonymsbract

Forms
  • spathes plural form
  • spathes' possessive plural form
  • spathe's possessive singular form