Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Arum maculatum, a woodland plant species of the Araceae family native to northern Europe.

Origin

Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".

Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".

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