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SKUNK CABBAGE

Definition:

[noun] deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
Synonyms: polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus
[noun] clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
Synonyms: Lysichiton americanum