skunk cabbage

1. An ill-smelling, eastern North American swamp plant (Symplocarpus foetidus) having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purplish spathe.
2. A western North American plant (Lysichitum americanum) having a bright yellow spathe with an inflated upper part.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
  Synonyms: polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus

Meaning #2: clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
  Synonym: Lysichiton americanum

Skunk Cabbage may refer to:

• Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, grows in eastern North America
• Western Skunk Cabbage, Lysichiton americanus, grows in western North America
• Asian Skunk Cabbage, Lysichiton camtschatcense, grows in eastern Asia

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SKUNK CABBAGE

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