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skunk cabbage†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a variety of arum, Symplocarpus foetidus, of eastern North America, characterized by its giving off a strong odor when bruised.
Quotations
1860
Those which are commonly called the FIRST FLOWERS of spring, are the Mayflower, the Skunk Cabbage, and the Hepatica.
1959
April had turned into May and the world was bright and clear: cool air and warm sun, a powder of buds on the hardwoods, fields of skunk cabbage green against the heavy viridian of spruce and fir. . . .
2
a plant of the Rocky Mountain region, Lysichiton camtschatensis, so called because of its resemblance to the skunk cabbage of the East.
See: skunk lily
Quotations
1869
Barnston skinned the "bar" and cutting off a ham, plastered it thickly with mud, skunk cabbage leaves, and more mud, then put it in the fire for an hour and a half, when we found it a dish fit for a king.
1960
The Victoria Natural History Society delightedly announced that . . . skunk cabbage also had made their appearance--ten days to two weeks ahead of schedule.