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Wake-robin

Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).

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Aroid 76% connected

Alt. of Aroideous

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Arum 76% connected

A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English…

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Birthroot 76% connected

An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

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Trillium 92% connected

A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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