Dracontium

noun

Dra·​con·​ti·​um

drəˈkänchēəm

: a genus of tropical American herbs (family Araceae) with compound leaves and hooded spathes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, a kind of arum, from Greek drakontion, diminutive of drakont-, drakōn serpent

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