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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.
Generic synonyms: Aroid, Arum
Group relationships: Genus Arum
Terms within: Arum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arum Maculatum
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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