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- noun (Bot.) The European wake-robin (
Arum maculatum ), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies.
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- noun Arum maculatum, a common
woodland plant species of theAraceae family .
Etymologies
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Those with purplish spadix are the "lords", and those with pale spadix the "ladies".
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reesetee commented on the word lords and ladies
Newfoundland collective nickname for Harlequin Ducks.
January 12, 2009