noun
Meaning 1
A flower or plant in the genus Arum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arum
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noun
Meaning 2
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aroid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum, black calla, Arum palaestinum, alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear, amorphophallus, pungapung, telingo potato, elephant yam, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus rivieri, krubi, titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens, green dragon, Arisaema dracontium, friar's-cowl, Arisarum vulgare, caladium, taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta, dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tongue, Dieffenbachia sequine, dracontium, dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris, nephthytis, yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens
noun
Meaning 3
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: starch, amylum
History
Etymology
From the botanical name Arum, from Latin arum, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لُوف (lūf) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Arabic: شَارُه (šāruh) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Arabic: صَارُه (ṣāruh) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Arabic: أَرُون (ʔarūn) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Armenian: նվիկ (nvik) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Azerbaijani: danaayaq — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Basque: suge-belar — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Bulgarian: кала (kala) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Bulgarian: змиярник (zmijarnik) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Catalan: aro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Catalan: sarriasa — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Czech: árón — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Danish: arum — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Finnish: munkinhuppu — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- French: arum — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- German: Aronstab — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Greek: άρο (áro) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Ancient Greek: ἄρον (áron) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Hebrew: לוּף (luf) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Italian: gigaro chiaro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Italian: gigaro scuro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Italian: gichero — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Macedonian: кала (kala) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Mozarabic: sarro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Persian: شیپوری — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Polish: obrazki — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Polish: aron — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Portuguese: aro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Portuguese: arão — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Portuguese: arum — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Portuguese: árum — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Portuguese: jarro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Russian: аро́нник (arónnik) — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Serbo-Croatian: ко̀злац — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Serbo-Croatian: kòzlac — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Spanish: aro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Spanish: yaro — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Spanish: sarrillo — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Tày: cắp pục — flower or plant in the genus Arum
- Vietnamese: ráy — flower or plant in the genus Arum