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Definition of "arum" []

  • Any of several Old World plants, such as the cuckoopint, of the genus Arum, having basal, arrowhead-shaped leaves. (noun)
  • Any of several related plants, such as the arrow arum and water arum. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "arum" in a sentence
  • "My arum is peeking out « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog"
  • "“Kulkasá,” a kind of arum or yam, eaten boiled like our potatoes."
  • "# -- Round their villages and pahs they dug up the soil and planted the sweet potato, and the taro, which is the root of a kind of arum lily; they also grew the gourd called calabash, from whose hard rind they made pots and bowls and dishes."
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