arum : Idioms & Phrases

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  • noun an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
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arum family

  • noun anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
    family Araceae; Araceae.
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arum lily

  • noun South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
    Zantedeschia aethiopica; calla; calla lily.
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arum maculatum

  • noun common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
    cuckoopint; jack-in-the-pulpit; lords-and-ladies.
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arum palaestinum

  • noun ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe
    black calla.
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Dragon arum

  • noun European arum resembling the cuckoopint
    green dragon; Dracunculus vulgaris.
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  • (Bot.), the name of several species of Arisæma, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See Dragon root(below).
Webster 1913

genus arum

  • noun type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves
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green arrow arum

  • noun perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries
    tuckahoe; Peltandra virginica.
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ivy arum

  • noun evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
    Epipremnum aureum; golden pothos; Scindapsus aureus; pothos.
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titan arum

  • noun malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
    Amorphophallus titanum; krubi.
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umbrella arum

  • noun foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
    Amorphophallus rivieri; devil's tongue; snake palm.
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water arum

  • noun plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
    Calla palustris; wild calla.
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Wa"ter a"rum
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  1. (Bot.) An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
Webster 1913