Plural of arum; tropical or subtropical plants with distinctive arrow-shaped leaves and unusual flower clusters.
From Latin arum, from Greek aron, possibly borrowed from a Semitic language where similar words referred to plants with tuberous roots.
Arums are famous for their 'cuckoo-pint' flowers that smell like rotting meat to trick flies into pollinating them—they're basically the plant kingdom's ultimate tricksters.
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