What is "swamp cabbage"

Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

Note: The common species of the Eastern United States ( Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ( Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white.

Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk.

Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb ( Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage.

Skunk porpoise. (Zo["o]l.) See under Porpoise.

Swamp cabbage can refer to:

• leaves of Ipomoea aquatica (water spinach), of the dicot family Convolvulaceae
• heart of palm of Sabal palmetto (sabal palm) and its congeners, of the monocot family Arecaceae
• Symplocarpus foetidus (eastern skunk cabbage), in family Araceae
• A US band " Swamp Cabbage" formed by Jacksonville native Walter Parks
• Swamp cabbage (film) a documentary film
• Swamp Cabbage Brewery in Columbia, SC

Swamp Cabbage is a swamp blues band founded by Jacksonville, Florida native guitarist Walter Parks in 2003. Current members are Walter Parks - guitar/vocals, Jagoda - drums.