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Aroid

Aroid Meaning & Definition
Aroid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aroid?

[n] any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
[adj] (botany) relating to a plant of the family Araceae

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aroid: araceous | arum

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aroid:

See Also | alocasia | amorphophallus | Amorphophallus campanulatus | Amorphophallus paeonifolius | Amorphophallus rivieri | Amorphophallus titanum | Araceae | Arisaema atrorubens | Arisaema dracontium | Arisaema triphyllum | Arisarum vulgare | arum family | Arum maculatum | Arum palaestinum | black calla | caladium | Colocasia esculenta | cuckoopint | dalo | dasheen | devil's tongue | Dieffenbachia sequine | dracontium | Dracunculus vulgaris | dragon arum | dumb cane | elephant ear | elephant yam | elephant's ear | family Araceae | friar's-cowl | green dragon | herb | herbaceous plant | Indian turnip | jack-in-the-pulpit | krubi | lords-and-ladies | malanga | mother-in-law plant | mother-in-law's tongue | nephthytis | pungapung | snake palm | spoonflower | tannia | taro | taro plant | telingo potato | titan arum | umbrella arum | wake-robin | Xanthosoma atrovirens | Xanthosoma sagittifolium | yautia

Aroid In Webster's Dictionary

\A"roid\, Aroideous \A*roid"e*ous\, a. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.
\Ar"oid\, n. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.) Any plant of the Arum family ({Arace[ae]}).

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