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Noun: friar's-cowl
  1. Tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe: native to the Mediterranean, Canaries and Azores
    "The friar's-cowl gets its name from its distinctive hooded spathe";
    - Arisarum vulgare

Derived forms: friar's-cowls

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: Arisarum, genus Arisarum