noun
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
• Syn: ↑lords-and-ladies, ↑jack-in-the-pulpit, ↑Arum maculatum
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Arum
• Part Meronyms: ↑arum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.