Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lords and Ladies \Lords" and La"dies\ (Bot.)
The European wake-robin ({Arum maculatum}), -- those with
purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the
ladies. --Dr. Prior.
Wake-robin \Wake"-rob`in\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Arum}, especially, in England, the
cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}).
Note: In America the name is given to several species of
Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much
used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the
sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is
prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan
palm trees, but chiefly from the {Metroxylon Sagu}; also from
several cycadaceous plants ({Cycas revoluta}, {Zamia
integrifolia}, etc.).
{Portland sago}, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
the cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}).
{Sago palm}. (Bot.)
(a) A palm tree which yields sago.
(b) A species of Cycas ({Cycas revoluta}).
{Sago spleen} (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen,
produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
looking like grains of sago.
Source : WordNet®
Arum maculatum
n : common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple
spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch
called arum [syn: {cuckoopint}, {lords-and-ladies}, {jack-in-the-pulpit}]