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Skunk cabbage

noun

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, polecat weed, Symplocarpus foetidus.

Clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe. Synonym: Lysichiton americanum.

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Words linked to "Skunk cabbage" : Symplocarpus foetidus, marsh plant, genus Symplocarpus, swamp plant, bog plant, Symplocarpus, polecat weed, Lysichiton americanum, foetid pothos