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SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Symplocarpus foetidus mean?
• SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS (noun)
The noun SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS has 1 sense:
1. deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
Familiarity information: SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
foetid pothos; polecat weed; skunk cabbage; Symplocarpus foetidus
Hypernyms ("Symplocarpus foetidus" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Holonyms ("Symplocarpus foetidus" is a member of...):
genus Symplocarpus; Symplocarpus (one species: skunk cabbage)
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