A spathe of calyptrous glume involucrumines the perinanthean. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
As in the spathe, the base is made from both solid and hollow horn. From Wordnik.com. [1. Bracelet] Reference
About 5 centimeters is cut from the tip of the spathe after about 3 weeks. From Wordnik.com. [24 Commercialization of Fermented Foods in Sub-Saharan Africa] Reference
Flowers: Its flowers bloom in a spadix surrounded by a yellow-green spathe. From Wordnik.com. [Caladium, candleabra cactus and canna lily: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico] Reference
Toddy is produced by tapping the unopened flower spathe of the coconut palm. From Wordnik.com. [24 Commercialization of Fermented Foods in Sub-Saharan Africa] Reference
The spathe is cut from both the solid and hollow horn sections, as shown in figure X. 7. From Wordnik.com. [1. Bracelet] Reference
The spadix is cylindrical, slender, terminating in along, whip-like extremity, much longer than the spathe. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885] Reference
Valley of Cephisus, and attain a height of as much as two meters, the spathe alone measuring nearly one meter. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884] Reference
The folded spathe is of leather-like substance, rough, almost corky in texture; also variously marked and tinted. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The inflorescence has a long, thick yellowish spathe and a purplish spadix, though the seeds are often not fertile. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 29] Reference
When the spathe opens, it does so quickly, bending more than half its length outwards, the division looking upwards. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The yield per spathe varies from 15 to 80 liters, and an average palm can yield 270 liters during 8 months of tapping. From Wordnik.com. [24 Commercialization of Fermented Foods in Sub-Saharan Africa] Reference
The spathe that encloses the yet-unopened flowers is made to yield a favorite beverage called palm-wine, or, more familiarly. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
The spathe is bruised slightly by gentle tapping with a small mallet and is tied tightly with fiber to prevent it from opening. From Wordnik.com. [24 Commercialization of Fermented Foods in Sub-Saharan Africa] Reference
The buds, which are generally partially replaced by small bulbs, are enclosed in a spathe or sheath which entirely conceals them. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
There is a spathe that is about one half inch long and green. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The spathe which contains the flowers is also put to many uses. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
The upper parts of this spathe are free all the way to the base. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
As the pollinators enter, the spathe closes and traps them inside. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The fibrous spathe furnishes a material of much value to the natives. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Indeed, Guapo used the first spathe he laid his hands upon for this very purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
The next day, the male flowers discharge their pollen and the spathe opens again. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
This Colocasia is supposed to bear, unlike the palm, male and female flowers in one spathe. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
On examining the tub I have spoken of, we found that it was formed from the spathe of the palm. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
Round this a number of leaves, were stuffed, and the skin was then wrapped up in a palm-spathe. From Wordnik.com. [In the Eastern Seas] Reference
The great flower-spathe had not yet opened, and was only beginning to burst its green envelopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains] Reference
Scharlockii with it's elongated green spathe, Viridapice for the green splashes on the outer petals. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
This he fixed on the spathe in such a manner that the incised end remained inside the hollow of the cane. From Wordnik.com. [The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains] Reference
Round this some leaves are stuffed, and the whole is wrapped up in a palm spathe and dried in the smoky hut. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
Flowers white, on a flattened stalk, on a spathe of 2 leaflets and several dry threads enclosing 4 flowerets. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The striped spathe in some species of Arisaema bears a curious resemblance to the head of a cobra uplifted to strike. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
Lance-shaped, 3 to 5 in. long, sheathing the stem at base; upper leaves in a spathe-like bract folding like a hood about flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
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