skunk cabbage

skunk cabbage

n.

1. An ill-smelling, eastern North American swamp plant (Symplocarpus foetidus) having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purplish spathe.

2. A western North American plant (Lysichitum americanum) having a bright yellow spathe with an inflated upper part.

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skunk cabbage

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a low-growing fetid aroid swamp plant, Symplocarpus foetidus of E North America, having broad leaves and minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple spathe

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a similar aroid plant, Lysichitum americanum, of the W coast of North America and N Asia Also called skunkweed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skunk cabbage - deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe foetid pothos, polecat weed, Symplocarpus foetidus genus Symplocarpus, Symplocarpus - one species: skunk cabbage bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
	2.	skunk cabbage - clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe Lysichiton americanum bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath