LYSICHITON AMERICANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lysichiton americanum mean? 

• LYSICHITON AMERICANUM (noun)
  The noun LYSICHITON AMERICANUM has 1 sense:

1. clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe

  Familiarity information: LYSICHITON AMERICANUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYSICHITON AMERICANUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lysichiton americanum; skunk cabbage

Hypernyms ("Lysichiton americanum" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)