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TITAN ARUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does titan arum mean?
• TITAN ARUM (noun)
The noun TITAN ARUM has 1 sense:
1. malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
Familiarity information: TITAN ARUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amorphophallus titanum; krubi; titan arum
Hypernyms ("titan arum" 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 ("titan arum" is a member of...):
genus Amorphophallus (genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm)
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