devil's-tongue

devil's-tongue
/dev"ilz tung'/, n.
a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe. Also called snake palm.

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