English Explanatory Dictionary

skunk cabbage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants, especially Symplocarpus foetidus, a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern North America, but also denoting Lysichiton americanus and Lysichiton camtschatcense.

Word forms

skunk cabbage skunk cabbages

Etymology

From skunk + cabbage, from the strong odor produced when the leaves are broken or torn.

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