'arum' definitions:
Definition of 'arum'
(from WordNet)
noun
Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
noun
Any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]
Definition of 'arum'
From: GCIDE
- jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
- 1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip.
- Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
- Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'arum'
From: GCIDE
- cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
- Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]