"skunk cabbage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skunk cabbages [plural]
Etymology: From skunk + cabbage, from the strong odor produced when the leaves are broken or torn. Head templates: {{en-noun}} skunk cabbage (plural skunk cabbages)
  1. (Canada, US) 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. Tags: Canada, US Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants Translations (any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants): 臭菘 (chòusōng) (Chinese), repolho-gambá [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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