spathe

A leaflike bract that encloses or subtends a flower cluster or spadix, as in the jack-in-the-pulpit.

In botany, a peculiar often large and colored bract, or pair of bracts, which subtend or envelop a spadix, as in palms and arums.

In zoology, some spatulate or spoon-shaped part.

A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under bract, and Illust. of spadix.

A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.

a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence