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spathe

spathe
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [speyth]
    • /speɪð/
    • /spˈeɪð/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [speyth]
    • /speɪð/

Definitions of spathe word

  • noun spathe a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster. 1
  • noun spathe a large bract, often coloured, that surrounds the inflorescence of aroid plants and palms 0
  • noun spathe a large, leaflike part or pair of such parts enclosing a flower cluster (esp. a spadix) 0
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Origin of spathe

First appearance:

before 1775
One of the 45% newest English words
1775-85; < Latin spatha < Greek spáthē blade, sword, stem; cf. spade2

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Parts of speech for Spathe

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Spathe

spathe popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

spathe usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • spathaceous

    of the nature of or resembling a spathe.

  • spathiphyllum

    any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.

  • skunk cabbage

    a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.

  • arrow arum

    a North American plant, Peltandra virginica, of wet areas, having large, arrow-shaped leaves and inconspicuous flowers enclosed in a narrow, pointed spathe.

  • arum family

    the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.

  • calla

    any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
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