Arum maculatum: so called from its cowl-like spathe. See Arum.' name='description'> friar's-cowl - definition and meaning
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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The wake-robin, Arum maculatum: so called from its cowl-like spathe. See Arum.
  • noun Same as friar's-cap.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A tuberous perennial (Arisarum vulgare) having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; -- found in the Mediterranean, Canaries, and Azores.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores

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  1. Arum
  2. aroid

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