skunk_cabbage
1. [ noun ] (botany) deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
Synonyms: foetid_pothos Symplocarpus_foetidus polecat_weed
Related terms: marsh_plant Symplocarpus
2. [ noun ] (botany) clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
Synonyms: Lysichiton_americanum
Related terms: marsh_plant
Similar spelling:   skunk_bear