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skunk_cabbage

skunk cabbage

English

A skunk cabbage

Noun

skunk cabbage (plural skunk cabbages)

  1. Any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants.
    1. Symplocarpus foetidus, a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern North America.
    2. Lysichiton americanus, a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of western North America.
    3. Lysichiton camtschatcense, a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern Asia.

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