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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Arum

· A·rum · IPA /ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/
01 n. A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of t…
  1. 1.
    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.