arisaema
|a-ri-si-ma|
/ˌærɪˈsiːmə/
arum-like (cobra-lily)
Etymology
'arisaema' originates from botanical (New) Latin, ultimately taken from Greek 'arisēma' (ἀρισῆμα), where it meant 'a kind of arum' or 'arum-like'.
'arisaema' was adopted into botanical Latin as the formal genus name (19th century usage) from the Greek term and entered modern English botanical vocabulary essentially unchanged as 'Arisaema'.
Initially it referred generally to a type of arum; over time it became fixed as the formal genus name for this group of plants, with the modern sense 'a genus of Araceae (cobra lilies)'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to parts of Asia and eastern North America; species are commonly called cobra lilies or jack-in-the-pulpit.
The arisaema in the botanical garden attracted many visitors with its distinctive hooded spathe.
Synonyms
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