AMORPHOPHALLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amorphophallus mean? 

• AMORPHOPHALLUS (noun)
  The noun AMORPHOPHALLUS has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Amorphophallus

  Familiarity information: AMORPHOPHALLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMORPHOPHALLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Amorphophallus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("amorphophallus" is a kind of...):

aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)

Holonyms ("amorphophallus" is a member of...):

genus Amorphophallus (genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm)