While the individual flowers are destitute of a perigone, the whole inflorescence (cluster of flowers) is surrounded by a large leaf (spathe), which sometimes is brilliantly colored, this serving to attract insects.
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Spathe
//speɪð//
Synonyms for "spathe" (12 found)
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Translations
10 translations across 7 languages.
Faroese
1 entries- hylkisblað noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
Finnish
2 entries- puikelon suojuslehti noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
- spatha noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
Icelandic
1 entries- hulsturblað noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
Polish
1 entries- pochwa kwiatostanowa noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
Swedish
2 entries- hölster noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
- hölsterblad noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
Tày
2 entries- bo noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
- cáp noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mo noun (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
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