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SPATHE

\spˈe͡ɪð], \spˈe‍ɪð], \s_p_ˈeɪ_ð]\

Definitions of SPATHE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A large bract enveloping a flower-cluster, or a spadix.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A large enveloping leaf, green or petaloid, protecting a spadix.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

n. [Latin, Greek] A sheath-formed involucre, as in the Indian turnip.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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