ARISAEMA DRACONTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arisaema dracontium mean? 

• ARISAEMA DRACONTIUM (noun)
  The noun ARISAEMA DRACONTIUM has 1 sense:

1. early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix

  Familiarity information: ARISAEMA DRACONTIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARISAEMA DRACONTIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arisaema dracontium; green dragon

Hypernyms ("Arisaema dracontium" 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 ("Arisaema dracontium" is a member of...):

Arisaema; genus Arisaema (tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials)