'friar's-cowls' definitions:
Definition of 'friar's-cowls'
From: GCIDE
- friar's-cowl \friar's-cowl\, friar's-cowls \friar's-cowls\n. (Bot.) A tuberous perennial (Arisarum vulgare) having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; -- found in the Mediterranean, Canaries, and Azores.
- Syn: friars' cowl, Arisarum vulgare. [WordNet 1.5]