Skunk Cabbage

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe

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Senses

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Wordset Dictionary

clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: polecat weed
plural: Skunk Cabbages
possessive: Skunk Cabbage's
pluralpossessive: Skunk Cabbages'

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