Arum maculatum

Arum maculatum
Wake-robin Wake"-rob`in, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Arum}, especially, in England, the cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}). [1913 Webster]

Note: In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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