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spathiphyllum

spathiphyllum noun: any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum.

Noun

spathiphyllum (plural spathiphyllums)

  1. Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum.
    • Two Spathiphyllums were selected for testing. One spath was used for aerobic (leaves A-C) and anoxic (leaves D-F) wounding experiments. The second Spath was used for the spectral analysis tests.2018 June 14, Carl L. Oros, Fabio Alves, “Leaf wound induced ultraweak photon emission is suppressed under anoxic stress: Observations of Spathiphyllum under aerobic and anaerobic conditions using...
    Synonyms:
    peace lily, spath

Synonyms of spathiphyllum

Forms of spathiphyllum

pluralspathiphyllums

Origin of spathiphyllum

Borrowed from translingual Spathiphyllum.

Questions about spathiphyllum

What does spathiphyllum mean?
Spathiphyllum means any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum.
What part of speech is spathiphyllum?
Spathiphyllum is a noun.
What is the plural of spathiphyllum?
The plural of spathiphyllum is spathiphyllums.

Words near spathiphyllum in the dictionary

  1. spathic
  2. spathic iron
  3. spathiform
  4. spathilla
  5. spathillae
  6. spathiphyllum
  7. spathiphyllums
  8. spathose
  9. spathous
  10. spathroom
  11. spathrooms

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