mother-in-law's tongue vs arum

arum vs mother-in-law's tongue

mother-in-law's tongue and arum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mother-in-law's tongue	Yes	No	No	No
arum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, arum is a hypernym of mother-in-law's tongue; that is, arum is a word with a broader meaning than mother-in-law's tongue:

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

Other hypernyms of mother-in-law's tongue include aroid.

mother-in-law's tongue (noun)	arum (noun)
stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant	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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