Found 2 items, similar to arum.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: arum arum n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root 2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: aroid]
English → English (gcide) Definition: arum jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n. 1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip. Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum. Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5] cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum. Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]