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• n  a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence

• One botanist stood on, a stepladder, peered down into the spathe where he descried, at the base of the spadix, rows of male, female and hermaphroditic flowers.

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• Amy Josette Paddock Boster
  Amy Josette Paddock Boster, 61, of Seville, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at her residence. She was born March 14, 1952 in Dover, Ohio, daughter of the late Joseph E. Paddock and Virginia E. Spathe Paddock, who survives her. She grew up in Tiffin. Amy married Allan Boster in 1984 and ... Read More
  Oct. 24, 2013 - The Medina County Gazette