skunk cabbage

skunk·cab·bage

uncommon

noun

1.

deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe

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2.

clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe

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Broader terms

marsh plant

Parts

Symplocarpus

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Grammar

noun
singular	skunk cabbage
plural	skunk cabbages

Nearby words

skunk skunk-weed skunkbush skunkweed skunk bear sky sky-blue sky-high skybox skycap

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