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SYMPLOCARPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Symplocarpus; Symplocarpus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Symplocarpus" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)