spathen.

Brit.

/speɪð/, U.S.

/speɪð/

Forms: Also 1800s spath.

Etymology: < Latin spatha or Greek σπάθη: see spatha n. So French spathe.

1. Botany. A large bract or sheathing-leaf enveloping the inflorescence (usually a spadix) of certain plants, as arums, palms, etc., in such a way as completely to enclose it before expansion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun]

huskc1400

hosea1450

pannicle1672

surfoil1672

squama1738

palea1753

spatha1753

pelt1759

pelta1760

spath1763

bract1771

scale1776

spathe1785

scalelet1787

glume1789

ramentum1793

rament1813

paleola1829

bracteole1830

bractlet1835

glumelle1836

palea1836

pale1847

periphyll1858

bracket1860

glumella1861

glumellule1861

lodicule1864

bract-sheath1870

palet1871

palea1875

pale1890

prophyllum1890

hypsophyll1895

pale1900

prophyll1902

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiv. 160 These [genera]..agree in having a Spathe or sheath instead of a calyx.

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S2^v A Spathe may be—one-valved, or two-valved [etc.].

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 59 The spathe is erect,..covering the fruit till it is nearly ripe and then dropping.

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 371/2 Bows made from the spath (σπαθη) of the palm.., six feet long.

1848 R. Tyas Favourite Field Flowers 1st Ser. 3 Near the summit of the flower-stalk is a spathe which originally enveloped the bud.

1870 Zoologist 5 2354 A singular species of Arum, with long curling horns extending from its lurid spathes.

1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 184/1 The spath is thrown up from the tuber at a different period.

attributive.1882 Garden 17 June 424/3 A naked stem, inflated spathe-valves, and somewhat broad leaves.

2. Zoology. A spatulate or spoon-shaped part, process, etc.

ΚΠ

1891 in Cent. Dict.

Derivatives

spathed adj. having a spathe (Webster, 1864).

ˈspatheful n. such a number or quantity as fills a spathe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] > spatheful

spatheful1888

1888 G. Allen in Good Words 385 The entire spatheful of pollen-bearing flowers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spathe
释义	spathen. Brit. /speɪð/, U.S. /speɪð/ Forms: Also 1800s spath. Etymology: < Latin spatha or Greek σπάθη: see spatha n. So French spathe. 1. Botany. A large bract or sheathing-leaf enveloping the inflorescence (usually a spadix) of certain plants, as arums, palms, etc., in such a way as completely to enclose it before expansion. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] huskc1400 hosea1450 pannicle1672 surfoil1672 squama1738 palea1753 spatha1753 pelt1759 pelta1760 spath1763 bract1771 scale1776 spathe1785 scalelet1787 glume1789 ramentum1793 rament1813 paleola1829 bracteole1830 bractlet1835 glumelle1836 palea1836 pale1847 periphyll1858 bracket1860 glumella1861 glumellule1861 lodicule1864 bract-sheath1870 palet1871 palea1875 pale1890 prophyllum1890 hypsophyll1895 pale1900 prophyll1902 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiv. 160 These [genera]..agree in having a Spathe or sheath instead of a calyx. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S2^v A Spathe may be—one-valved, or two-valved [etc.]. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 59 The spathe is erect,..covering the fruit till it is nearly ripe and then dropping. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 371/2 Bows made from the spath (σπαθη) of the palm.., six feet long. 1848 R. Tyas Favourite Field Flowers 1st Ser. 3 Near the summit of the flower-stalk is a spathe which originally enveloped the bud. 1870 Zoologist 5 2354 A singular species of Arum, with long curling horns extending from its lurid spathes. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 184/1 The spath is thrown up from the tuber at a different period. attributive.1882 Garden 17 June 424/3 A naked stem, inflated spathe-valves, and somewhat broad leaves. 2. Zoology. A spatulate or spoon-shaped part, process, etc. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. Derivatives spathed adj. having a spathe (Webster, 1864). ˈspatheful n. such a number or quantity as fills a spathe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] > spatheful spatheful1888 1888 G. Allen in Good Words 385 The entire spatheful of pollen-bearing flowers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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