aroid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aroid
    adj 1: relating to a plant of the family Araceae [syn: {aroid},
           {araceous}]
    n 1: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed
         on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: {arum},
         {aroid}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aroid \A"roid\, Aroideous \A*roid"e*ous\, a. [Arum + -oid.]
   (Bot.)
   Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants
   ({Araceae}).

   Syn: araceous
        [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aroid \Ar"oid\, n. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.)
   Any plant of the Arum family ({Arace[ae]}); -- have small
   flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.

   Syn: arum
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

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