ARUM


Meaning of ARUM in English

[ 'ɛ:rəm ]

■ noun a plant of a large family with typically arrow-shaped leaves and a broad leafy spathe enclosing a club-shaped spadix. [ Arum maculatum ( wild ~ , cuckoo pint) and other species, family Araceae.]

Origin

ME: from L., from Gk aron .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.