arum vs elephant yam

elephant yam vs arum

arum and elephant yam both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arum	Yes	No	No	No
elephant yam	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elephant yam is a hyponym of arum; that is, elephant yam 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 yam: putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber

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, 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 yam (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

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