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Amaryllis
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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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arum

noun
1. starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root 
2. any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe 
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