noun
tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
• Syn: ↑Arisarum vulgare
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arisarum, ↑genus Arisarum
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun (plural friar's-cowls) : any of several plants having a cowled flower or inflorescence: as
a. : a European arum (Arisarum vulgare) with a cowl-shaped spathe
b. : cuckoopint
c. : a common Old World monkshood (Aconitum napellus) having flowers with the helmet convex to hemispherical or arched
Useful english dictionary. 2012.