Definition of spathe in English:

spathe

noun speɪðspeɪð

Botany

A large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms.
〔植〕佛焰苞
Example sentencesExamples
- It will take a few years to flower but the long yellow spathes that appear in spring before the leaves develop are well worth the wait.
- Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen.
- The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix.
- Always bitterly exuberant, you see life as a pink spathe swathing a yellow spadix.
- At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes.

Origin

Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek spathē 'broad blade'.

Rhymes

bathe, lathe, rathe, scathe, swathe

Definition of spathe in US English:

spathe

nounspāT͟Hspeɪð

Botany

A large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms.
〔植〕佛焰苞
Example sentencesExamples
- It will take a few years to flower but the long yellow spathes that appear in spring before the leaves develop are well worth the wait.
- At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes.
- The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix.
- Always bitterly exuberant, you see life as a pink spathe swathing a yellow spadix.
- Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen.

Origin

Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek spathē ‘broad blade’.

词汇	spathe
释义	Definition of spathe in English: spathe noun speɪðspeɪð Botany A large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms. 〔植〕佛焰苞 Example sentencesExamples It will take a few years to flower but the long yellow spathes that appear in spring before the leaves develop are well worth the wait. Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen. The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix. Always bitterly exuberant, you see life as a pink spathe swathing a yellow spadix. At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes. Origin Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek spathē 'broad blade'. Rhymes bathe, lathe, rathe, scathe, swathe Definition of spathe in US English: spathe nounspāT͟Hspeɪð Botany A large sheathing bract enclosing the flower cluster of certain plants, especially the spadix of arums and palms. 〔植〕佛焰苞 Example sentencesExamples It will take a few years to flower but the long yellow spathes that appear in spring before the leaves develop are well worth the wait. At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes. The flower head consists of a spathe and spadix. Always bitterly exuberant, you see life as a pink spathe swathing a yellow spadix. Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen. Origin Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek spathē ‘broad blade’.
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