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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spa•thi•phyl•lum (spā′ᵺə fil′əm, -thə-, spath′ə-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental. Also called peace lily, spathe′ flow′er.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Greek spáth(ē) blade, spathe + Neo-Latin -i- -i- (irregularly for -o-) + Greek -phyllon, neuter of -phyllos -phyllous, in reference to the leaflike appearance of the spathes
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