GENUS SYMPLOCARPUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One species: skunk cabbage

Synonyms:

genus Symplocarpus; Symplocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Symplocarpus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Symplocarpus"):

foetid pothos; polecat weed; skunk cabbage; Symplocarpus foetidus (deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe)

Holonyms ("genus Symplocarpus" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)