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araceous

[uh-rey-shuhs]

adjective

Botany.

  1. belonging to the plant family Araceae.

araceous

/ əˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. another word for aroid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of araceous1

First recorded in 1835–40; from New Latin Arace(ae) + -ous adjective suffix; arum family, -aceae
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Word History and Origins

Origin of araceous1

C19: from New Latin Arāceae; see arum
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Example Sentences

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Dracontium, drā-kon′shi-um, n. a genus of American araceous plants: the root of the skunk-cabbage.

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