n. 海芋属植物

[医] 海芋属

Arum \A"rum\, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. ?.]
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the
Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a
spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.

Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village
children. --Lubbock.

Note: The American ``Jack in the pulpit'' is now separated
from the genus {Arum}.

jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
{Indian turnip}.

Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, {Arisaema triphyllum},
{Arisaema atrorubens}.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. A common European arum ({Arum maculatum}) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
and is a source of a sagolike starch called {arum}.

Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
lords-and-ladies, {Arum maculatum}.
[WordNet 1.5]


cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n.
a common European arum ({Arum maculatum}) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring,
and is the source of a sagolike starch called {arum}.

Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies,
jack-in-the-pulpit, {Arum maculatum}.
[WordNet 1.5]