Term: spathe: a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: bel canto: a style of operatic singing
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: salsify: either of two long roots eaten cooked
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: poet laureate: the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: checkmate: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: detective agency: an agency that makes inquiries for its clients
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: declension: a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: abecedarius: a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: pan: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: common sense: sound practical judgment
Broader: bract: a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | Unrelated: goat antelope: bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats