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noun
The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: pharmacy
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noun
any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: arum, aroid
History
From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (“dragon-wort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).
