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noun
Any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants, especially Symplocarpus foetidus, a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern North America, but also denoting Lysichiton americanus and Lysichiton camtschatcense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lysichiton americanum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
noun
deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
History
From skunk + cabbage, from the strong odor produced when the leaves are broken or torn.
Across languages
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