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20 answers for: (Botany) Leaf-like sheathe enclosing a spadix (6)
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SPATHE(Botany) Leaf-like sheathe enclosing a spadix (6)
CUCKOOPINTWith a spadix and a spathe, a wild arum of woodland and hedgerows, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit or lords and ladies (6,4)
ARUMGenus of plants in which the flowers are produced in a spadix surrounded by a spathe
AROIDCommon name for a flowering plant in the arum family (with flowers borne on a spadix) (5)
ASSENTAgree it's a good thing to sheathe the point (6)
PETALSThe coloured, leaf-like parts of a flower (6)
FRONDSWhat are the leaf-like parts of a fern? (6)
ENCASESheathe (6)
ENFOLDSheathe (6)
ENWRAPSwaddle, sheathe (6)
LARKINPoet for whom the trees were coming into leaf, like something almost being said? (6)
DRAGEESweetmeat enclosing a drug, or a nut/fruit, etc (6)
PAINTSSheathes
PAPAYAOld man enclosing a yard for fruit (6)
LYCHEEChinese fruit with thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp. (6)
LOCKETNecklace enclosing a photo (6)
CALLAA tall lily-like plant with white spathe and spadix
SEPALIn botany, the typically green and leaf-like parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals (5)
GREENDRAGONNorth American perennial plant of the arum family with a very long white spadix (5,6)
FOLIATIONA plant's production of greenery; the numbering of leaves in a book; or, architectural ornamentation of cusps, foils and other leaf-like motifs (9)