▪ I. spathaceous, a.1 Bot.
(spəˈθeɪʃəs)
[a. mod.L. spathaceus: see spatha and -aceous.]
Furnished with or enclosed by a spathe; of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. vi. (1765) 85 Such as have Spathaceous Flowers. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 236 Calyx divided or entire, sometimes spathaceous. 1858 [see spadiceous a. 2]. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 269 Daffodil... A bulbous herb, with..a membranous spathaceous bract. |
▪ II. † spaˈthaceous, a.2 Obs.—1
[f. spath1.]
Spathic, spathose.
| 1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 426 A great variety of forms may be produced by the spathaceous particles. |