SKUNK CABBAGE


Meaning of SKUNK CABBAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1751

: either of two North American perennial herbs of the arum family that occur in shaded wet to swampy areas and have a fetid odor suggestive of a skunk:

a. : one ( Symplocarpus foetidus ) of eastern North America that sends up in spring a cowl-shaped brownish-purple spathe

b. : one ( Lysichitum americana ) chiefly of the Pacific coast region that has a large yellow spathe

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skunk cabbage b

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