arum vs dumb cane

dumb cane vs arum

arum and dumb cane both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arum	Yes	No	No	No
dumb cane	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dumb cane is a hyponym of arum; that is, dumb cane is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than arum:

arum: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
dumb cane: an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name

Other hyponyms of arum include Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies, Arum palaestinum, black calla, alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear, amorphophallus, Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arum, Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin, Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowl, caladium, Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant, Dieffenbachia sequine, mother-in-law's tongue, mother-in-law plant, dracontium, Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon, nephthytis, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia.

arum (noun)	dumb cane (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

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