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Definition of Spathe flower
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Spathiphyllum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spathe Flower
Literary usage of Spathe flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin by Missouri botanical garden (1913)
"... flowers are in full bloom including the white spathe flower (Spathiphyllum
Wallisii), the yellow flowered one (Spathi- phyllum ..."
2. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman, Daniel Cady Eaton (1860)
"Spadix enclosed In a spathe. Flower« monoecious, •t- Fertile flowers numerous.
Spadix free. 1. ARIS.MIA. Spathe thin, convolute at the base, ..."
3. Palm Trees of the Amazon and Their Uses. by Alfred Russel Wallace (1853)
"In the Plate, the unopened spathe, flower-spadix and fruit are represented, as
they are often found, together on the same tree. ..."
4. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"Spadix adnate to the spathe. Flower $ solitary, separate from the $ flowers.
Anthers sessile at the top or side of the spadix. Ovary 1-celled, many-ovuled; ..."
5. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1902)
"... cross-section of ovary. ,vers enclosed in the spathe. flower (about natural
size); lich perhaps should not be plants, but two genera, species in the ..."
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