ˌarə̇ˈsēmə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aris arum (from Greek) + Greek haima blood; from the red-spotted leaves of some species; akin to Greek aron arum — more at arum , hem-
: a genus of herbs (family Araceae) of temperate and subtropical regions having flowers without perianth that are borne at the base of the spadix which is prolonged into a fleshy tip — see green dragon , jack-in-the-pulpit