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skunk cabbage
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- a perennial E North American plant (Symplocarpus foetidus) of the arum family, growing in wet soil and having large, cabbagelike leaves, a spadix of small flowers concealed in a purple, hooded spathe, and a disagreeable smell
- a similar plant (Lysichitum americanum) of the arum family of W North America
See skunk cabbage in American Heritage Dictionary 4