Arisaema

/ˌærɪˈseɪmə/ noun

Definition

A genus of herbaceous plants in the arum family, commonly called jack-in-the-pulpit or cuckoo pint, known for their distinctive spathe flowers.

Etymology

From Greek aris (arum plant) combined with aima (blood), referring to the red-spotted or red-tinged appearance of many species in the genus.

Kelly Says

Arisaema plants have one of nature's cleverest tricks—they can actually change sex from year to year depending on how much energy they've stored, and their weird pulpit-shaped flowers attract flies with a smell like rotting flesh!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አሪሰማ
ah-ri-say-mah
ARالعربية
أرِيسايما
ʔa-ri-say-mah
BNবাংলা
আরিশেমা
ah-ri-shey-mah
CACatalà
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
CSČeština
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
DADansk
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
DEDeutsch
Arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
ELΕλληνικά
αρισεμά
ah-ri-say-mah
ESEspañol
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
FAفارسی
اریسایما
ah-ri-say-mah
FISuomi
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
FRFrançais
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
GUGU
આરિસેમા
ah-ri-say-mah
HAHA
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
HEעברית
אריזאמה
ah-ri-say-mah
HIहिन्दी
अरिसेमा
ah-ri-say-mah
HUMagyar
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
IDBahasa Indonesia
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
IGIG
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
ITItaliano
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
JA日本語
アリスアイマ
arisa-ima
KKKK
арисәма
ah-ri-say-mah
KMKM
អារិសេម៉ា
ah-ri-say-mah
KO한국어
아리새마
ah-ri-sae-ma
MRMR
अरिसेमा
ah-ri-say-mah
MSBahasa Melayu
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
MYမြန်မာ
အရိစေမ
ah-ri-say-mah
NLNederlands
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
NONorsk
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
PAPA
ਅਰਿਸੇਮਾ
ah-ri-say-mah
PLPolski
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
PTPortuguês
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
RORomână
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
RUРусский
арисема
ah-ri-say-mah
SVSvenska
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
SWKiswahili
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
TAதமிழ்
அரீசேமா
ah-ri-say-mah
TEతెలుగు
అరిసేమ
ah-ri-say-mah
THไทย
อาริเซมา
ah-ri-say-mah
TLTL
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
TRTürkçe
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
UKУкраїнська
арисема
ah-ri-say-mah
URاردو
ارِیسایما
ʔa-ri-say-mah
VITiếng Việt
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
YOYO
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah
ZH中文
阿里塞马
ālǐ sè mǎ
ZUZU
arisaema
ah-ri-say-mah

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