Arum maculatum

Translingual

Arum maculatum

Proper noun

Arum maculatum n

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – snakeshead, lords-and-ladies, a source of Portland sago.

Synonyms

(species): Adam and Eve, adder's meat, adder's root, arum, wild arum, arum lily, bobbins, cows and bulls, cuckoopint, cuckoo-plant, devils and angels, friar's cowl, jack-in-the-pulpit, lamb-in-a-pulpit, naked boys, snakeshead, starch-root, wake-robin

Hypernyms

(species): Arales - order; Araceae - family; Aroideae - subfamily; Areae - tribe; Arum - genus

See also

Arisaema triphyllum - a similar North American plant

References

Arum maculatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arum maculatum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arum maculatum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Arum maculatum at USDA Plants database

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