Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Arum having basal, arrowhead-shaped leaves, such as the cuckoopint.
- noun Any of numerous other plants in the family Araceae.
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- noun A flower or plant in the genus
Arum
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My arum is peeking out « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
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“Kulkasá,” a kind of arum or yam, eaten boiled like our potatoes.
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# -- Round their villages and pahs they dug up the soil and planted the sweet potato, and the taro, which is the root of a kind of arum lily; they also grew the gourd called calabash, from whose hard rind they made pots and bowls and dishes.
History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 George Sutherland 1880
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"Kulkasá," a kind of arum or yam, eaten boiled like our potatoes.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Flowers and berries of honeysuckle entwine new growth on woody tops of the banks and, in the footings, the poisonous scarlet berries of arum – or cuckoo pint – are unusually prolific.
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The cuckoopint is an arum that appears in our woods in April, and is also known as lords-and-ladies, starch-root, Adam-and-Eve, bobbins and Wake Robin.
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One has a sunflower to contemplate, the other an arum lily, and their delicate features are distinguishable only by the man's artistic moustache.
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The blame lies with the plant's appearance – it has speckled leaves and its flowers are well-hidden, but their spathe (the special leaf that protects the flowers of an arum) and spadix (the spike on which the flowers are arranged), are said to resemble male and female genitalia.
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"Her music was extraordinary," said local resident Tessa Crockett, 58, who bundled a bouquet of arum lilies to place outside a police cordon around Ms. Winehouse's flat.
Troubled Singer, Famous for Husky Voice, Dies at 27 Paul Sonne 2011
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Photos Associated Press "Her music was extraordinary," said local resident Tessa Crockett, 58, who bundled a bouquet of arum lillies to place outside a police cordon around Ms. Winehouse's flat.
Singer Amy Winehouse Found Dead Paul Sonne 2011
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