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arum |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arum \A"rum\, 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. Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village children. --Lubbock. Note: The American ``Jack in the pulpit'' is now separated from the genus Arum. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arum n 1: sagolike starch obtained from cuckoopint root 2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: {aroid}]
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