Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, relating to or formed like a spathe; spathaceous; spathal.
- In mineralogy, sparry; of the nature of spar; occurring in broad plates or lamellæ; foliated in texture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Min.) See
spathic . - adjective (Bot.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal.
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- adjective botany Having or resembling a
spathe .
Etymologies
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See spathe.
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