HyperDic: polecat_weed

English > 1 sense of the expression polecat weed:
NOUNplantpolecat weed, skunk cabbage, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidusdeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
English > polecat weed: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe.
Synonymsskunk cabbage, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus
Member ofSymplocarpus, genus SymplocarpusOne species
Broadermarsh plant, bog plant, swamp plantA semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land

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