arum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

arum, n. [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