spathe
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When it finally opens, the outer leaf-like structure called a spathe peels back to reveal a maroon interior.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
Its hoodlike structure is called a spathe, which envelopes a bulb-shaped structure called the spadix, a fleshy knob dotted by dozens of tiny, petal-less yellow flowers.
From Salon • May 27, 2025
But once she blooms, viewers can expect to see Putricia unfold a vibrant maroon or crimson skirt, known as a spathe, around her spadix which is the large spike in the middle of the plant.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
The tiny white flowers within the spathe are an important food source for the first pollinators of the year.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Fertile flowers solitary and sessile in a tubular spathe upon an exceedingly lengthened scape.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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