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green dragon

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: green dragon

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n
early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
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n
European arum resembling the cuckoopint
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: green dragon
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n early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix

Synonyms:
Arisaema dracontium
Type of:
aroid, arum
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
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n European arum resembling the cuckoopint

Synonyms:
Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum
Type of:
aroid, arum
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
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