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arum

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum, a member of the arum family arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants...

classification

(Encyclopedia)CE5 classification, in biology, the systematic categorization of organisms into a coherent scheme. The original purpose of biological classification, or systematics, was to organize the vast number...

Monstera

(Encyclopedia)Monstera: see arum.

dasheen

(Encyclopedia)dasheen: see arum.

philodendron

(Encyclopedia)philodendron: see arum.

taro

(Encyclopedia)taro: see arum.

Indian turnip

(Encyclopedia)Indian turnip: see arum.

elephant's-ear

(Encyclopedia)elephant's-ear: see arum.

skunk cabbage

(Encyclopedia)skunk cabbage: see arum.

sweet flag

(Encyclopedia)sweet flag: see arum.