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AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Amorphophallus rivieri mean?
• AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI (noun)
The noun AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI has 1 sense:
1. foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
Familiarity information: AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amorphophallus rivieri; devil's tongue; snake palm; umbrella arum
Hypernyms ("Amorphophallus rivieri" 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 rivieri" is a member of...):
genus Amorphophallus (genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm)
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