'Arum maculatum' definitions:

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

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noun
Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum [syn: cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack- in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

From: GCIDE
  • Lords and Ladies \Lords" and La"dies\n. (Bot.) The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

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  • Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.] A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, {Zamia integrifolia}, etc.). [1913 Webster]
  • Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
  • Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta).
  • Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

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  • Wake-robin \Wake"-rob`in\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

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  • jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
  • 1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip.
  • Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
  • Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

From: GCIDE
  • jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
  • 1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip.
  • Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
  • Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

From: GCIDE
  • Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Arum (Arum maculatum); the European wake-robin. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

From: GCIDE
  • cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
  • Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Arum maculatum'

From: GCIDE
  • cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
  • Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]