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Arisaema

Arisaema

Translingual

Arisaema flavum, in flower

Proper noun

Arisaema n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – Jack-in-the-pulpits and cobra lilies.

Hypernyms

  • (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Alismatales - order; Araceae - family; Aroideae - subfamily; Arisaemateae - tribe

Hyponyms

  • (genus): Arisaema speciosum - type species; Arisaema amurense, Arisaema concinnum, Arisaema consanguineum, Arisaema dracontium, Arisaema elephas, Arisaema erubescens, Arisaema fargesii, Arisaema fimbriatum, Arisaema flavum, Arisaema formosanum, Arisaema griffithii, Arisaema heterophyllum, Arisaema honbaense, Arisaema japonicum, Arisaema macrospathum, Arisaema nepenthoides, Arisaema ovale, Arisaema peninsulae, Arisaema polyphyllum, Arisaema propinquum, Arisaema ringens, Arisaema serratum, Arisaema sikokianum, Arisaema thunbergii, Arisaema tortuosum, Arisaema tosaense, Arisaema triphyllum - other species

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin arum ‎(“Arum dracunculus, now Dracunculus vulgaris”) + Ancient Greek σῆμα ‎(sêma, “sign, tomb, grave”)

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