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araceous

American  
[uh-rey-shuhs] / əˈreɪ ʃəs /

adjective

Botany.

  1. belonging to the plant family Araceae.

araceous British  
/ əˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. another word for aroid

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Etymology

Origin of araceous

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

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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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