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n. A leaflike bract that encloses or subtends a flower cluster or spadix, as in the jack-in-the-pulpit and the calla.

n. A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.

n. A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under bract, and Illust. of spadix.

n. In botany, a peculiar often large and colored bract, or pair of bracts, which subtend or envelop a spadix, as in palms and arums.

n. In zoology, some spatulate or spoon-shaped part.

n. a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence

"An enveloping leaf (bract), called the spathe, which is often brilliantly colored, surrounds the florets, or fruits, that are disposed upon a spadix."

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