spathiphyllum

spathiphyllum
/spay'dheuh fil"euhm, -theuh-, spath'euh-/, n.
any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental. Also called peace lily, spathe flower.
[ < NL, equiv. to Gk spáth(e) blade, SPATHE + NL -i- -I- (irreg. for -o-) + Gk -phyllon, neut. of -phyllos -PHYLLOUS, in reference to the leaflike appearance of the spathes]

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