araceous

American

[uh-rey-shuhs] / əˈreɪ ʃəs /

adjective

Botany.

belonging to the plant family Araceae.

araceous British

/ əˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

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; see origin at 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.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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