Associations to the word «Spathe»

Wiktionary

SPATHE, noun. (botany) A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.

Dictionary definition

SPATHE, noun. A conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope