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SKUNK CABBAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe

Synonyms:

Lysichiton americanum; skunk cabbage

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("skunk cabbage" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe

Synonyms:

foetid pothos; polecat weed; skunk cabbage; Symplocarpus foetidus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("skunk cabbage" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("skunk cabbage" is a member of...):

genus Symplocarpus; Symplocarpus (one species: skunk cabbage)

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