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A large bract, colorful or not, that protects an entire floral spike. Most typical example of plants featuring spathes is within the family Araceae (Anthuriums, Philodendrons, Calladiums, Calla Lilies, Peace Lilies).
IN the palm world, the spathe is the large, usually woody bract coveringt the palm's inflorescence (or from where the infloresence emerges). This is also called the spadix, and is basically a synonym for it.
However, in palms, this rarely if ever has anything to do with toxicity as most palms are NOT toxic.
