HyperDic: skunk_cabbage

English > 2 senses of the expression skunk cabbage:
NOUNplantskunk cabbage, polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidusdeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
plantskunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanumclump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
English > skunk cabbage: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningdeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe.
Synonymspolecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus
Member ofSymplocarpus, genus SymplocarpusOne species
Broadermarsh plant, bog plant, swamp plantA semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land
English > skunk cabbage: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningclump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe.
SynonymLysichiton americanum
Broadermarsh plant, bog plant, swamp plantA semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land

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