/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 .
[ 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 ]