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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 feetplay

  Familiarity information: TITAN ARUM used as a noun is very rare.


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TITAN ARUM (noun)


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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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