Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arum \A"rum\, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. ?.]
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.
Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village
children. --Lubbock.
Note: The American ``Jack in the pulpit'' is now separated
from the genus Arum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arum
n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed
on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: {aroid}]
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