aroid
any plant of the arum family.
Origin of aroid
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How to use aroid in a sentence
To the left was a grove of betel-nut palms, to the right a patch of aroids, broad and leathery of leaf.
A Transient Guest | Edgar SaltusThe order Lemnaceae to which they belong is regarded as representing a very reduced type nearly allied to the Aroids.
A good series of tropical aroids is to be seen in the aroid house at Kew.
Good types of the order are the various aroids (Aroideæ), of which the calla (Richardia) is a very familiar cultivated example.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany | Douglas Houghton Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for aroid
/ (ˈærɔɪd, ˈɛər-) /
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
any plant of the Araceae
Origin of aroid
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