·noun A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an Example.
ărum, i, v. aros. ...
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·- An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate...
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