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PUNGAPUNG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pungapung mean?
• PUNGAPUNG (noun)
The noun PUNGAPUNG has 1 sense:
1. putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
Familiarity information: PUNGAPUNG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amorphophallus campanulatus; Amorphophallus paeonifolius; elephant yam; pungapung; telingo potato
Hypernyms ("pungapung" is a kind of...):
aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)
Domain region:
Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)
Holonyms ("pungapung" is a member of...):
genus Amorphophallus (genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm)
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