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skunk cabbage noun[ C ] uk /ˈskʌŋk ˌkæb.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈskʌŋk ˌkæb.ɪdʒ/(alsoAmerican skunk cabbage) a plant that grows in wet areas with large yellow flowers that smell unpleasant: For a larger pond, try planting yellow skunk cabbage. Beware of a pretty yellow flower known as skunk cabbage that smells like its name when you pick it. The odd-looking American skunk cabbage will create startling clumps of yellow-green flowers in spring. I particularly like skunk cabbages with their white and yellow spathes, followed by large shiny green leaves. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sea pink sedum sego lily self-heal senecio |