Definitions for spathe

spathe spathe

Spelling: [speyth]
IPA: /speɪð/

Spathe is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in spathe (aehpst).

Definitions for spathe

noun

  1. a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.

Origin of spathe

1775-85; Latin spatha Greek spáthē blade, sword, stem; cf. spade2

Examples for spathe

As this spathe withers away, the flower-stalk continues to grow, and its little greenish-yellow blossoms become brown.

On examining the tub I have spoken of, we found that it was formed from the spathe of the palm.

A vessel holding a couple of gallons, made out of the spathe of the areca palm, is used for bringing down the toddy.

In Richardia æthiopica one or more leaves become occasionally as white as the spathe is usually.

Operations begin when the spathe is still enclosed by its sheath.

The spathe which contains the flowers is also put to many uses.

Spadix and spathe of the Indian Turnip; the latter cut through below.

This organ, rolled up in a coil or spiral, is named the spathe.

As the fruit ripens the spathe withers, and the brilliant red berries are exposed.

Previous to the sudden bursting, about sunset, of the spathe containing the spadix, there is an accumulation of heat therein.

Word Value for spathe
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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