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Definition of Spathal

1. a. Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.

Definition of Spathal

1. spathe [adj] - See also: spathe

Medical Definition of Spathal

1. Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Spathal Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spathal

spastic spinal paralysis spastic syndrome in cattle spat spatangoid Spatangoida spatangoidea spatangus spatchcock spate spates

spatfall spatfalls spatha spathaceous spathal (current term) spathal (current term) spathe spathe spathed spathed

spathella spathes spathe flower spathic spathic spathiphyllum spathose spathose spathous spathulate

Literary usage of Spathal

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1. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"... from ^spathal, to twist, wreathe, twine, may signify a girdle or a collar by which precedency, &c., ..."

2. Land, Labor and Gold: Or, Two Years in Victoria : with Visits to Sydney and by William Howitt (1855)
"... and I see arums, such as we cultivate in the house, now standing, putting up their white, marble-like, spathal flowers ; with jonquils, splendid cacti, ..."

3. The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon: Forming by Anthony Rich (1849)
"... the ground to the top of the wearer's hip. 4, A wooden implement employed by surgeons in replacing a dislocated shoulder. Celsus, viii. 15. spathal'lUM ..."

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