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.

Nearby words

arak, arakan yoma, araks, aral sea, araldite, aralia, araliaceous, arallu, aram, aram., aramaean

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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