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spathe

/speɪð/

Traduction: Grande bractée, souvent voyante, qui enveloppe ou soutient un spadice ou un autre type d'inflorescence, que l'on rencontre typiquement chez les Aracées.

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C2formalcommonscientific/speɪð/

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

  • 🇫🇷Grande bractée, souvent voyante, qui enveloppe ou soutient un spadice ou un autre type d'inflorescence, que l'on rencontre typiquement chez les Aracées.
  1. Botanical structure C2 formal

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

    • 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.

    🇫🇷Spathe (structure botanique)

    Synonymes: bract

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  • spathe's possessive singular form