Definition of Arum maculatum

1. Noun. Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.

Exact synonyms: Cuckoopint, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Lords-and-ladies
Generic synonyms: Aroid, Arum
Group relationships: Genus Arum
Terms within: Arum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arum Maculatum

Artocarpus heterophyllus
Artocarpus odoratissima
Artois
ArtsD
Artsakh Republic
Artur Rubinstein
Artur Schnabel
Arturo Toscanini
Arty
Aruba
Aruban
Arubans
Arubian
Arubians
Arulo
Arum maculatum (current term)
Arum palaestinum
Arunachal Pradesh
Arundel
Arundelian
Arundhati
Arundinaria
Arundinaria gigantea
Arundinaria tecta
Arundo
Arundo conspicua
Arundo donax
Arundo richardii
Arunim
Arunta

Literary usage of Arum maculatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"The following example will illustrate this:— Arum maculatum. In the germination of Arum maculatum the elongating cotyledon, which is negatively geotropic, ..."

2. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"... large flowered St. John's wort; arum maculatum, cuckoo pint.—Among the furze, tormentilla offici- nalis, common tormentil; vicia cracca, tufted vetch ..."

3. Pathogenetic Outlines of Homœpathic Drugs by Carl Heinigke (1880)
"... under constant consideration of the general character of the remedial action, given above. Arum maculatum. (Cuckoo Pint.) Active Principles. ..."

4. A Manual of pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1899)
"Under this head I include both the Arum maculatum—the " lords and ladies " of ... Arum maculatum was proved by Dr. Hering, and Arum triphyllum by Dr. Lippe. ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Nach e. Vortrug . . . Natw. Wochenschr., Jena, 19, 1903, (32-41). Praeger, 1l. Lloyd. The leaf-marking of Arum maculatum. ..."

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