DEVIL'S TONGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's tongue mean? 

• DEVIL'S TONGUE (noun)
  The noun DEVIL'S TONGUE 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: DEVIL'S TONGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVIL'S TONGUE (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 ("devil's tongue" 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 ("devil's tongue" is a member of...):

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