Arum

Definition: Arum

Arum

Noun

1. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.

2. Any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.

Date "arum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Etymology: Arum \A"rum\, noun. [Latin expression arum, aros, Greek]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Arum

Synonym: aroid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Arum

English words defined with "arum": Aroideous, Arum maculatum ♦ calla, cuckoopint ♦ Dracunculus, Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, Dumb cane ♦ genus Calla, genus Dracunculus, green dragon ♦ jack-in-the-pulpit ♦ lords-and-ladies. (references)

Specialty definitions using "arum": Christian Traditions. (references)

Etymologies containing "arum": Araceous. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Arum" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (arum).

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Commercial Usage: Arum

Domain	Title
Books	Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family (reference) The Genus Arum (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Arum

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Photo Album: Arum

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A redwing blackbird perching atop reeds in a Patuxent river marsh. Arrow arum plants are in the foreground. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Arrow arum (the broadleaf plant) and saltmarsh cordgrass (spartina alternaflora). Credit: America's Coastlines.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Arum

"Arum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.21% of the time. "Arum" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	84.21%	16	87,710
Noun (proper)	15.79%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Arum

Expressions using "arum": arrow arum ♦ arum family ♦ arum lily ♦ arum maculatum ♦ arum palaestinum ♦ Dragon arum ♦ genus Arum ♦ green arrow arum ♦ ivy arum ♦ titan arum ♦ umbrella arum ♦ water arum. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "arum": arum-like.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Arum

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
arum	39
arum lily	30
arum titan	13
dragon arum	11
arum italicum	9
arum mark	6
arum maculatum	4
arum lilly	4
arum lillies	4
arum bob	3
arum palaestinum	3
arum hotel	3
arrow arum	2
arum italian	2
arum lily picture	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Arum

Language		Translations for "arum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		aronskelk. (various references)

Bulgarian		змиярник. (various references)

Danish		plettet vaeksthusbladlus (arum aphid, crescentmarked lily aphid, lily aphid, mottled arum aphid), italiensk ingefær (italian arum). (various references)

Dutch		aronskelk. (various references)

Esperanto		arumo. (various references)

Finnish		kasvihuonekirva (arum aphid, crescentmarked lily aphid, lily aphid, mottled arum aphid). (various references)

French		arum. (various references)

German		italienischer Aronstab (italian arum), gefleckte Gewaechshauslaus (arum aphid, crescentmarked lily aphid, lily aphid, mottled arum aphid). (various references)

Greek		φειδογλώσσον, άρο. (various references)

Hebrew		לוף (priest's hood). (various references)

Hungarian		kontyvirág (arum lily, hooch hound). (various references)

Italian		alocasia di Sander. (various references)

Manx		lus ny Caisht (pasque flower). (various references)

Pig Latin		arumay

Portuguese		arão. (various references)

Russian		арум. (various references)

Spanish		aro (earring, hoop, ring), alocasia. (various references)

Swedish		kalla (arum lily, call, cite, collate, entitle, name, summon, term), italiensk munkhätta (italian arum), fläckig växtbladlus (arum aphid, crescentmarked lily aphid, lily aphid, mottled arum aphid). (various references)

Ukrainian		кліщинець. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Arum

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Alocasia sanderiana. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Arum

Derivations
	Words beginning with "arum": arums. (additional references)
	Words ending with "arum": alarum, asarum, labarum, larum. (additional references)
	Words containing "arum": alarumed, alaruming, alarums, asarums, harumph, harumphed, harumphing, harumphs, labarums, larums. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Arum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adum, Aeuc, Aeuw, Afrem, afrum, afu, Agram, agum, ahum, Airuk, Akumu, Amram, anum, aram, arame, aran, arcm, Ardu, ardua, Arem, argum, arim, arium, Arku, armur, Arnun, aromp, aroom, arou, Arpm, Arram, arru, aru, arua, arub, arue, arul, arun, Aruna, Arur, Aruz, arvum, Arzu, asum, atum, auh, aur, axum, ayum, Barum, darum, eorum, Erkum, erum, erun, farum, irim, irom, Kagumo, karun, marum, orum, parvum, Qaruh, Qayum, Ramu, rauk, raum, rauma, raun, sarum, Tarum, urum, vrum, warum. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Arum"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "arum" (pronounced e"rum)
4	e" r u m	harem.
3	-r u m	angstrom, Aurum, conundrum, decorum, durum, forum, fulcrum, maelstrom, pilgrim, quorum, rostrum, serum, spectrum, tantrum, theorem.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Arum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: mura.
	Words within the letters "a-m-r-u"
	-1 letter: amu, arm, mar, ram, rum.
	-2 letters: am, ar, ma, mu, um.
	Words containing the letters "a-m-r-u"
	+1 letter: amour, arums, aurum, larum, mudra, mural, muras, murra, ramus, rumba, umbra, unarm.
	+2 letters: alarum, amours, amuser, antrum, armful, armour, armure, asarum, atrium, aurums, barium, brumal, fulmar, granum, labrum, larums, lumbar, maduro, manure, maraud, markup, marque, mature, mauger, maugre, mauler, morula, mudras, muggar, murals, murras, murrha, radium, ramous, remuda, rhumba, rumaki, rumbas, rumina, sacrum, sambur, struma, tambur, trauma, umbrae, umbral, umbras, unarms, uremia, warmup.
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