arum : Idioms & Phrases
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noun an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
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arum family
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noun anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
family Araceae; Araceae.
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arum lily
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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
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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
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noun ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe
black calla.
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Dragon arum
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noun European arum resembling the cuckoopint
green dragon; Dracunculus vulgaris.
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(Bot.) , the name of several species ofArisæma , a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. SeeDragon root (below).
Webster 1913
genus arum
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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
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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
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noun evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
Epipremnum aureum; golden pothos; Scindapsus aureus; pothos.
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titan arum
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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
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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
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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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(Bot.) An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.