spathe

Example Sentences

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Its compound flower is composed of a hollow, tall spadix with small flowers and a spathe, with one big, furrowed petal that is green on the outside and deep burgundy red on the inside.

From Seattle Times

It features a tall, fleshy column called a spadix and a frilly outer covering called a spathe.

From Los Angeles Times

The huge maroon spathe and spadix were impressive in more ways than one — visitors spent most of the day looking for what surely was a dead body in the border.

From Seattle Times

These are flanked by Voodoo lilies that produce a huge, purple spathe when in bloom, and reek of rotting meat.

From Seattle Times

Its central column, the spadix, can grow to be more than 6 feet tall and is surrounded by a scarlet skirt of petals known as the spathe.

From Los Angeles Times