NOUN | plant | genus Arum | type genus of the Araceae |
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Meaning | type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves. | |
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Member of | Araceae, family Araceae, arum family | anthurium |
Members | black calla, Arum palaestinum | Ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe |
cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum | Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix | |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus arum | |
Catalan | genus arum |
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