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Definition of Dumb cane
1. Noun. An evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name.
Generic synonyms: Aroid, Arum
Group relationships: Dieffenbachia, Genus Dieffenbachia
Definition of Dumb cane
1. Noun. A member of the family ''Dieffenbachia''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumb Cane
Literary usage of Dumb cane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... commonly imagined, though I must confess I am at a loss to account for its
mode of acting in this case. No insect feeds upon any part of the dumb-cane. ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"It is on this account called ' Dumb-Cane.' Sir William Hooker, in his ' Erotic
Flora,' relates the case of a gardener who incautiously bit a piece of ..."
3. Doctors and Patients, Or, Anecdotes of the Medical World and Curiosities of by John Timbs (1873)
"dumb cane. Atlantic Monthly. This plant is a native of South America and the West
Indies. It grows to the height of five or six feet, and has oblong ..."
4. Forget Not Mee & My Garden...": Selected Letters, 1725-1768, of Peter by Peter Collinson (2002)
"Pray, is the dumb cane [Dieffenbachia] figured In your History and under what
... dumb cane (with Phocid) Georg Dionysius Ehret. In Christopher Jacob Trew, ..."
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