ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arisaema triphyllum mean? 

• ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries

  Familiarity information: ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arisaema atrorubens; Arisaema triphyllum; Indian turnip; jack-in-the-pulpit; wake-robin

Hypernyms ("Arisaema triphyllum" 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 ("Arisaema triphyllum" is a member of...):

Arisaema; genus Arisaema (tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials)