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ARUM

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ar·um   (ār'əm, âr'-)   
n.  
  1. Any of several Old World plants, such as the cuckoopint, of the genus Arum, having basal, arrowhead-shaped leaves.

  2. Any of several related plants, such as the arrow arum and water arum.


[Latin, wake-robin, from Greek aron.]
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