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ARROW ARUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arrow arum mean?
• ARROW ARUM (noun)
The noun ARROW ARUM has 1 sense:
1. an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
Familiarity information: ARROW ARUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("arrow arum" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrow arum"):
green arrow arum; Peltandra virginica; tuckahoe (perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries)
Holonyms ("arrow arum" is a member of...):
genus Peltandra; Peltandra (small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs)
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