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ar=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

arumn. [L. arum, aros, Gr. .].
     A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.  [1913 Webster]
    " The American “Jack in the pulpit” is now separated from the genus Arum."  [1913 Webster]
    "Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village children."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

arum, n. any plant of the genus Arum, usu. stemless with arrow-shaped leaves, e.g. lords and ladies.

Idiom
arum lily a tall lily-like plant, Zantedeschia aethiopica, with white spathe and spadix.
Etymology
L f. Gk aron

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