spathaceous

[ spuh-they-shuhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
2. having a spathe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spathaceous¹

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

Example Sentences

Spathaceous, resembling or furnished with a Spathe, a bract which inwraps an inflorescence, 75.

From Project Gutenberg

Inflorescences consist of spiciform racemes with spathaceous bracts; rachis is jointed.

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Male spikelets are 1- to 2-flowered, subsessile, distichous, jointed on rigid peduncled spikes, which are collected in umbels and surrounded by spathaceous leafy bracts.

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The male inflorescence consists of several spikes, 1 to 3 inches long, forming umbels, with membranous leafy spathaceous bracts which are shorter than the spikes.

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