SYMPLOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Symplocarpus mean? 

• SYMPLOCARPUS (noun)
  The noun SYMPLOCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. one species: skunk cabbage

  Familiarity information: SYMPLOCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMPLOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: skunk cabbage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Symplocarpus; Symplocarpus

Hypernyms ("Symplocarpus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Symplocarpus"):

foetid pothos; polecat weed; skunk cabbage; Symplocarpus foetidus (deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe)

Holonyms ("Symplocarpus" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)