ARROW ARUM

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Meaning:

An aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("arrow arum" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrow arum"):

green arrow arum; Peltandra virginica; tuckahoe (perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries)

Holonyms ("arrow arum" is a member of...):

genus Peltandra; Peltandra (small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs)

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