What does skunk cabbage mean?
• SKUNK CABBAGE (noun) The noun SKUNK CABBAGE has 2 senses: 1. deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe 2. clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe Familiarity information: SKUNK CABBAGE used as a noun is rare.