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Spathe  n.  (Bot.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. Note: The name is also given to the several-leaved involucre of the iris and other similar plants.






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"Spathe" Quotes from Famous Books



... pearly-white blossoms with acute petals. The name is the plural of "Ramse," or "Ram," which signifies strong-smelling, or rank. And the plant is also called "Buck Rams," or "Buck Rampe," in allusion to its spadix or spathe. "The leaves of Ramsons," says Gerard, "are stamped and eaten with fish, even as we do eat greene sauce made with sorrell." This is "Bear's Garlic," and ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

... in the praise of fair maids, "'She hath two lips of cramoisy, than cream smoother and than honey sweeter;' adding, 'And she hath a bosom, as it were a way two hills between which are a pair of breasts like globes of ivory sheen; likewise, a stomach right smooth, flanks soft as the palm-spathe and creased with folds and dimples which overlap one another, and liberal thighs, which like columns of pearl arise, and back parts which billow and beat together like seas of glass or mountains of ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton



Words linked to "Spathe" :   bract, spathe flower



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