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Arum

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Noun

1. arum

starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

2. aroid, arum

any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arum

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noun
1. 
any plant of the aroid genus Arum, of Europe and the Mediterranean region, having arrow-shaped leaves and a typically white spathe
See also cuckoopint
2.  arum lily

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Arum

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noun
1. 
any plant of the arum family (esp. genus Arum) which is characterized by small flowers on a thick spike, within a hoodlike leaf
adjective
2. 
designating a family (Araceae, order Arales) of monocotyledonous plants growing throughout the world, including the jack-in-the-pulpit and skunk cabbage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Arum

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n.
1. Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Arum having basal, arrowhead-shaped leaves, such as the cuckoopint.
2. Any of numerous other plants in the family Araceae.

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