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# arum

«arum» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a hood-like flower…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an arum, arums)

### meaning for a pupil

An arum is a plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a hood-like flower around a spike, such as the arum lily or the wild arum (cuckoo pint, lords and ladies). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons in the UK and Ireland, the wild arum (lords and ladies) grows in woods and hedges; its bright red-orange berries in autumn are poisonous, so do not eat them. In gardens, the white arum lily is common, especially in Australia and New Zealand, where it can be a weed. Some arums smell bad to attract flies.

### examples

- Lords and ladies is a wild arum that grows in hedges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#x1)
- Arum berries are poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#x2)
- The white arum lily is popular at weddings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#x3)
- Flies are attracted to the smelly arum flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#x4)
- Don't pick the arum's red berries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#x5)
- Arum lilies grow wild in parts of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/#x6)

### note

Countable; an arum. Said AIR-um. Safety: all parts of arum plants are poisonous and can irritate skin and mouth.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.