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LORDS-AND-LADIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lords-and-ladies mean? 

LORDS-AND-LADIES (noun)
  The noun LORDS-AND-LADIES has 1 sense:

1. common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arumplay

  Familiarity information: LORDS-AND-LADIES used as a noun is very rare.


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LORDS-AND-LADIES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arum maculatum; cuckoopint; jack-in-the-pulpit; lords-and-ladies

Hypernyms ("lords-and-ladies" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "lords-and-ladies"):

arum (starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root)

Holonyms ("lords-and-ladies" is a member of...):

genus Arum (type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves)


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