wild arum

wild arum
noun

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  • wild arum — noun another term for cuckoo pint …   English new terms dictionary

  • Arum maculatum — Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum) is a common arum in British woodlands Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • arum — [ ɛ:rəm] noun a plant of a large family with typically arrow shaped leaves and a broad leafy spathe enclosing a club shaped spadix. [Arum maculatum (wild arum, cuckoo pint) and other species, family Araceae.] Origin ME: from L., from Gk aron …   English new terms dictionary

  • arum — [er′əm, ar′əm] n. 〚ModL < L < Gr aron, the cuckoopint〛 any plant of the arum family (esp. genus Arum) which is characterized by small flowers on a thick spike, within a hoodlike leaf adj. designating a family (Araceae, order Arales) of… …   Universalium

  • wild calla. — See water arum. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • arum — n. wild flowering plant …   English contemporary dictionary

  • wild calla — noun plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries • Syn: ↑water arum, ↑Calla palustris • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • wild calla. — See water arum. [1880 85, Amer.] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Titan arum — Taxobox color = lightgreen name = Titan arum image width = 200px regnum = Plant divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Alismatales familia = Araceae genus = Amorphophallus species = A. titanum binomial = Amorphophallus titanum… …   Wikipedia

  • water arum — an aquatic arum plant, Calla palustris, of the North Temperate Zone, having heart shaped leaves, tiny green flowers, and red berries. Also called wild calla. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

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