spath

a. (Bot.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. spatha, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. spathe. See Spade for digging. ] (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also given to the several-leaved involucre of the iris and other similar plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. spathique, fr. F. & G. spath spar. ] Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spathic iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. spathiforme. ] Resembling spar in form. “The ocherous, spathiform, and mineralized forms of uranite.” Lavoisier (Trans.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Spathe. ] (Bot.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) See Spathic. [ 1913 Webster ]