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Arisaema
noun
tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
Syn: ↑genus Arisaema
Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Araceae, ↑family Araceae, ↑arum family
Member Meronyms:
jack-in-the-pulpit, ↑Indian turnip, ↑wake-robin, ↑Arisaema triphyllum, ↑Arisaema atrorubens, ↑green dragon, ↑Arisaema dracontium

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\\ˌarə̇ˈsēmə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aris arum (from Greek) + Greek haima blood; from the red-spotted leaves of some species; akin to Greek aron arum — more at arum, hem-
: a genus of herbs (family Araceae) of temperate and subtropical regions having flowers without perianth that are borne at the base of the spadix which is prolonged into a fleshy tip — see green dragon, jack-in-the-pulpit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.