"Lords And Ladies" is a word in ENGLISH
The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those
with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies.
The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.
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A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a …
Read the complete definitionBearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
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Read the complete definitionA special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Read the complete definitionA fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
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Read the complete definitionA special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note …
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