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Definition of Spathal
1. a. Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.
Definition of Spathal
1. Adjective. (botany) Furnished with a spathe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spathal
1. spathe [adj] - See also: spathe
Medical Definition of Spathal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spathal
Literary usage of Spathal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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