| 单词 | arum |
| 释义 | arum (once / 12508 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY arum: arums USAGE EXAMPLES“I look back on pictures and see a young man, and I can’t believe it when I say that was me,” Arum said. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) Todd duBoef, Arum’s stepson and president of his Top Rank promotion company, visited with Mayweather and embraced the former Top Rank fighter. Los Angeles Times(Nov 06, 2016) Arum, of course, is way overestimating what the fight will do, but his job as Pacquiao’s promoter is to get people interested. Seattle Times(Nov 04, 2016) 1 n any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper aroid Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum Arum palaestinum, black callaornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe alocasia, elephant ear, elephant's earany plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries amorphophallusany plant of the genus Amorphophallus Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potatoputrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber Amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arumfoul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix Amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arummalodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robincommon American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries Arisaema dracontium, green dragonearly spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowltuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores caladiumany plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plantherb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves Dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tonguean evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name dracontiumany plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragonEuropean arum resembling the cuckoopint nephthytisany plant of the genus Nephthytis Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, yautiatropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes Alocasia macrorrhiza, giant tarolarge evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental Caladium bicolormost popular caladium; cultivated in many varieties since the late 19th century Nephthytis afzeliitropical rhizomatous plant cultivated as an ornamental for its large sagittate leaves herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests n starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root Hyper amylum, starch a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles |
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