| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,914,500,112 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
skunk cabbage |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
skunk cabbage: see arum arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones.
..... Click the link for more information. . skunk cabbageAny of three species of plants that grow in temperate bogs and meadows, emitting unpleasant odours as they grow. The eastern North American skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family) has large fleshy leaves, purple-brown spathes, and a skunklike odour. The western, or yellow, skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum), also an arum, bears a large yellow spathe and is found from California to Alaska and eastward to Montana. The third species, Veratrum californicum, is the poisonous corn lily, or false hellebore, of the lily family, which grows from New Mexico and Baja California northward to Washington State. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in periodicals archive | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | Skunk cabbages, for example, heat themselves and even melt the snow around them. Skunk cabbages can bloom inside a snowbank and create their own ice caves. |
skunk cabbages |
skulling Skulliosis Skulliosis Skulliosis Skulls Skulls Skulls Skulls skulls and crossbones skulls and crossbones skulls and crossbones Skulme, Otto Skulpin Skulte, Adolf Skulte, Adolf Petrovich Skum SKUMM Skun skunk skunk skunk skunk skunk bear skunk bear skunk bear Skunk bird Skunk bush skunk cabbage skunk cabbage skunk cabbage skunk cabbages skunk descentingskunk descenting skunk descenting skunk grape Skunk porpoise skunk rabies skunk rabies skunk rabies Skunk River Skunk spray Skunk spray Skunk spray Skunk Template Markup Language Skunk works Skunk works Skunk-cabbage Skunk-cabbage skunk-weed Skunkball skunkbush Skunkbush sumac Skunkcabbage Skunkcabbage skunked skunked skunked skunked Skunkhead skunking skunking | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|