Aroid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various perennial herbs in the arum family, including houseplants such as the anthurium, dieffenbachia, and philodendron and having tiny flowers crowded in a spadix that is subtended by a spathe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants (Araceae).
  • n. Any plant of the Arum family (Araceæ); -- have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the Aroideœ or Araceœ.
  • Like or representing the genus Arum or the family Araceæ: as, an aroid type.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. relating to a plant of the family Araceae
  • n. any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
  • Equivalent
    aroideous   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    araceous    Arum    arum