aralia

[ uh-rey-lee-uh, uh-reyl-yuh ]

/ əˈreɪ li ə, əˈreɪl yə /

noun

any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.

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Origin of aralia

< New Latin (Linnaeus), of unexplained orig.

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Examples from the Web for aralia

The plant is larger than Aralia racemosa, but otherwise is very much like it.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants|A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Aralia, a genus of plants with small flowers arranged in umbels and succulent berries, the type of the nat.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various
Aralia Sieboldi, however, seldom flowers in this climate, either in or out of doors.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers|John Wood
There are a few other trees or plants which yield a pith from which rice-paper can be made; but the Aralia is the most important.
Chatterbox, 1905.|Various

Aralia was only the name of a bit of fossil kind of a stick that Merrifield had us down there to find in the fossil forest.
The Long Vacation|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for aralia

aralia

/ (əˈreɪlɪə) /

noun

any plant of the genus Aralia of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. The greenhouse and house plant generally known as aralia is Schefflera elegantissima of a related genus, grown for its decorative evergreen foliage: family Araliaceae

Word Origin for aralia

New Latin, of uncertain origin

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