lords-and-ladies

Definitions of lords-and-ladies

1. noun

   common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
   synonyms: Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit

   type of:

   aroid, arum

   any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe