spathe

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

• 🇨🇳一种大型且常呈鲜艳颜色的苞片，包裹或支撑肉穗花序或其他类型的花序，常见于天南星科植物。

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.

   🇨🇳佛焰苞

   同义词: bract

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