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 |