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Noun: devil's tongue
  1. Foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
    - snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus rivieri, konjac

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: genus Amorphophallus

Encyclopedia: Devil's tongue