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arum
| arum family
| arum lily
| arum maculatum
| arum palaestinum
| arundelian
arum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arum has 2 senses
- arum(n = noun.plant) Array - starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root; Array is a part of arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies
- arum(n = noun.plant) aroid - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe; Array is a member of araceae, arum family, family araceae
is a kind of amylum, starch
has particulars: arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies, arum palaestinum, black calla, alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear, amorphophallus, amorphophallus campanulatus, amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato, amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arum, arisaema atrorubens, arisaema triphyllum, indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin, arisaema dracontium, green dragon, arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowl, caladium, colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant, dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law's tongue, mother-in-law plant, dracontium, dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon, nephthytis, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, xanthosoma atrovirens, xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
arum, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. .].
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example. [1913 Webster]
" The American “Jack in the pulpit” is now separated from the genus Arum ."
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"Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village children."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
arum, n. any plant of the genus Arum, usu. stemless with arrow-shaped leaves, e.g. lords and ladies.
Idiom
arum lily a tall lily-like plant, Zantedeschia aethiopica, with white spathe and spadix.
Etymology
L f. Gk aron
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