arrow arum

arrow arum
a North American plant, Peltandra virginica, of wet areas, having large, arrow-shaped leaves and inconspicuous flowers enclosed in a narrow, pointed spathe. Also called tuckahoe.
[1855-60, Amer.]

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  • arrow arum — noun an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant • Hyponyms: ↑green arrow arum, ↑tuckahoe, ↑Peltandra virginic …   Useful english dictionary

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  • arrow-root — [ arorut ] n. m. • 1831; mot angl., de arrow « flèche » et root « racine » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Bot. Plante d Amérique tropicale (Antilles), monocotylédone (marantacées). Des arrow roots. 2 ♦ Fécule comestible fournie par les rhizomes de cette plante. ● …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • arum — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin arum, from Greek aron Date: 14th century any of a genus (Arum of the family Araceae, the arum family) of Eurasian plants having usually arrow shaped leaves and a showy spathe partially enclosing a spadix;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • arum family — arumlike, adj. /air euhm/, n. the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack in the pulpit, and… …   Universalium

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