arum

British  

/ ˈɛərəm /

noun

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

2. another name for calla

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Etymology

Origin of arum

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

Example Sentences

Unsurprisingly, the titan arum’s unsavory cocktail includes many sulfur-containing compounds, that shock-yellow element often found near volcanoes that characterizes everything from rotting eggs to bad breath.

From Salon

It’s also largely responsible for the smell of the delicately-named dead horse arum, a relative of the so-called corpse flower, or titan arum.

From Salon

The titan arum plant, housed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney, blooms only once every few years for just 24 hours.

From BBC

Visitors to the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers are about to witness the rare blooming of a titan arum, or corpse flower.

From DOGO News

Given this number and the dozens of arum species, Ren expects more such relationships are just waiting to be discovered.

From Science Magazine