spathaceous

[ spuh-they-shuhs ]

adjectiveBotany.
  1. of the nature of or resembling a spathe.

  2. having a spathe.

Origin of spathaceous

1
1750–60; <New Latin spathāceus, equivalent to Latin spath(a) (see spathe) + -āceus-aceous

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