NOUN | plant | skunk cabbage, polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus | deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe |
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plant | skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanum | clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe |
Meaning | deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe. | |
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Synonyms | polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus | |
Member of | Symplocarpus, genus Symplocarpus | One species |
Broader | marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant | A semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land |
Meaning | clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe. | |
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Synonym | Lysichiton americanum | |
Broader | marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant | A semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land |
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