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AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amorphophallus titanum mean? 

AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM (noun)
  The noun AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM has 1 sense:

1. malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feetplay

  Familiarity information: AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amorphophallus titanum; krubi; titan arum

Hypernyms ("Amorphophallus titanum" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Amorphophallus titanum" is a member of...):

genus Amorphophallus (genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm)


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