English Explanatory Dictionary

cobra lily

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A carnivorous plant native to northern California and southern Oregon, Darlingtonia californica
  2. Any plant in the genus Arisaema spread in eastern Asia, eastern Africa and eastern North America
  3. The plant Chasmanthe aethiopica.

Word forms

cobra lily cobra lilies

Etymology

From the resemblance of the flower to the hood of a cobra. (None of these plants are true lilies.)

Synonyms

California pitcher plant Jack-in-the-pulpit
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