Example sentences from the Web for arum

On January 7th, there were briar buds opening into young leaf; on the 9th a dandelion in flower, and an arum up.
Nature Near London|Richard Jefferies
In the arum, a violently acrid juice is secreted in the leaves, so as to burn the mouth of the aggressor.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8|Charles H. Sylvester
What the atrocious fetor of the Arum cannot do the absence of odour accomplishes!
Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre
But the principal crop is the taro-plant (Arum esculentum), from which the native food of poi is made.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World|The Son of Samuel Smiles

Various other species of arum yield valuable food-starches in hot countries.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various

arum

/ (ˈɛərəm) /

noun

any plant of the aroid genus Arum, of Europe and the Mediterranean region, having arrow-shaped leaves and a typically white spatheSee also cuckoopint

arum lily another name for calla (def. 1)

Word Origin for arum

C16: from Latin, a variant of aros wake-robin, from Greek aron

Words nearby arum

Artzybashev, Aruba, arugula, aruhe, Aru Islands, arum, arum family, Arunachal Pradesh, Arundel, arundinaceous, run for one's money, a

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释义	Example sentences from the Web for arum On January 7th, there were briar buds opening into young leaf; on the 9th a dandelion in flower, and an arum up. Nature Near London\|Richard Jefferies In the arum, a violently acrid juice is secreted in the leaves, so as to burn the mouth of the aggressor. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8\|Charles H. Sylvester What the atrocious fetor of the Arum cannot do the absence of odour accomplishes! Social Life in the Insect World\|J. H. Fabre But the principal crop is the taro-plant (Arum esculentum), from which the native food of poi is made. A Boy's Voyage Round the World\|The Son of Samuel Smiles Various other species of arum yield valuable food-starches in hot countries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6\|Various arum / (ˈɛərəm) / noun any plant of the aroid genus Arum, of Europe and the Mediterranean region, having arrow-shaped leaves and a typically white spatheSee also cuckoopint arum lily another name for calla (def. 1) Word Origin for arum C16: from Latin, a variant of aros wake-robin, from Greek aron Words nearby arum Artzybashev, Aruba, arugula, aruhe, Aru Islands, arum, arum family, Arunachal Pradesh, Arundel, arundinaceous, run for one's money, a Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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