skunk cabbage
(North America) Any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants, especially , a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern North America, but also denoting and .
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(North America) Any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants, especially , a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern North America, but also denoting and .
It was May before the skunk cabbage began to push up through the ooze of the swamps, before the rhubarb reddened to the back corner of the garden and the spring peepers finally emerged and began abrading the edges of the night with their…
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