English Explanatory Dictionary

lords and ladies

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe.

Word forms

lords and ladies

Etymology

Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".

Synonyms

Jack-in-the-pulpit cuckoopint Adam and Eve adder's meat adder's root arum arum lily bobbins cows and bulls cuckoo-plant devils and angels friar's cowl lamb-in-a-pulpit lord-and-lady lords-and-ladies naked boys snake's head starch-root wakerobin wild arum
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