friar's-cowl

Definitions of friar's-cowl
  1. noun
    tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
    synonyms: Arisarum vulgare
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    type of:
    aroid, arum
    any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
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