aroid

[ar-oid, air-]Botany

adjective

araceous.

noun

any plant of the arum family.

Origin of aroid

1875–80; Latin arum (see arum family) + -oid

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Examples from the Web for aroid

Historical Examples of aroid

A good series of tropical aroids is to be seen in the aroid house at Kew.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6
Various
It was especially prepared for me on their learning that I had found the plant (an aroid, Schizmatoglottis) in my excursions.
The Solomon Islands and Their Natives
H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy
The hoactzin, Opisthocomus, feeds to a great extent upon the leaves of the aroid Montrichardia or Caladium arborescens.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7
Various
We meet with organism of the form in the family of the Araceæ, or aroid plants.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884
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British Dictionary definitions for aroid

aroid

adjective

Also: araceous of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium

noun

any plant of the Araceae

Word Origin for aroid

C19: from New Latin Arum type genus + -oid; see arum

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