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SPATHE FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spathe flower mean? 

SPATHE FLOWER (noun)
  The noun SPATHE FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: SPATHE FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPATHE FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

peace lily; spathe flower; spathiphyllum

Hypernyms ("spathe flower" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("spathe flower" is a member of...):

genus Spathiphyllum (evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia)


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