arum vs elephant's ear

elephant's ear vs arum

arum and elephant's ear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arum	Yes	No	No	No
elephant's ear	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elephant's ear is a hyponym of arum; that is, elephant's ear 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
elephant's ear: any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries

Other hyponyms of arum include Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies, Arum palaestinum, black calla, alocasia, 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, dumb cane, 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)	elephant's ear (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root	tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber

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