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spathe

/speyth/US // speɪð //UK // (speɪð) //

花瓣,花葶,花柱,花轴

Related Words

covering覆盖,覆盖面,涵盖,覆盖率sheathing鞘膜,护套板,鞘线,护墙板wrapping包装,包裹,封装,包围scabbard刀鞘,鞘套,鞘,柙

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insheath
Synonyms
covering覆盖,覆盖面,涵盖,覆盖率cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖scabbard刀鞘,鞘套,鞘,柙sheathing鞘膜,护套板,鞘线,护墙板wrapping包装,包裹,封装,包围

Examples

  • The striped spathe in some species of Arisaema bears a curious resemblance to the head of a cobra uplifted to strike.

  • The whole of the spadix is surrounded by a large bract or spathe which is contracted a little distance above its base.

  • Aquatic, with the aspect of sea-weeds or mosses, with minute naked flowers from a spathe-like involucre.

  • Aquatics, with dicious or polygamous flowers from a spathe; outer perianth calyx-like, the inner sometimes wanting.

  • Aquatic, with more or less irregular perfect flowers from a spathe; perianth corolla-like.

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