spathaceous

[ spuh-they-shuh s ]
/ spəˈθeɪ ʃəs /

adjective Botany.

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

Origin of spathaceous

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

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