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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Spathe

· IPA /speɪð/
01 n. A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.
  1. 1.
    A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.(Bot.) See: Bract, Spadix