Arisaema

noun

tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials

• Syn: ↑genus Arisaema

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Araceae, ↑family Araceae, ↑arum family

• Member Meronyms:

↑jack-in-the-pulpit, ↑Indian turnip, ↑wake-robin, ↑Arisaema triphyllum, ↑Arisaema atrorubens, ↑green dragon, ↑Arisaema dracontium

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\\ˌarə̇ˈsēmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aris arum (from Greek) + Greek haima blood; from the red-spotted leaves of some species; akin to Greek aron arum — more at arum, hem-

: a genus of herbs (family Araceae) of temperate and subtropical regions having flowers without perianth that are borne at the base of the spadix which is prolonged into a fleshy tip — see green dragon, jack-in-the-pulpit