English > Araceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron. |
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Synonyms | family Araceae, arum family |
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Member of | Arales, order Arales | Araceae |
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Members | Acoraceae, subfamily Acoraceae | Used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae |
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Acorus, genus Acorus | sweet flags |
Aglaonema, genus Aglaonema | Climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers |
Arisaema, genus Arisaema | tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials |
Arisarum, genus Arisarum | tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs |
Calla, genus Calla | water arum |
Colocasia, genus Colocasia | small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia |
Dieffenbachia, genus Dieffenbachia | evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap |
Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus | tuberous herbaceous perennials |
Epipremnum, genus Epipremnum | small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas |
Lysichiton, genus Lysichiton, Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum | skunk cabbage |
Orontium, genus Orontium | One species of aquatic plant |
Peltandra, genus Peltandra | small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs |
Scindapsus, genus Scindapsus, genus Pothos | evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots |
Symplocarpus, genus Symplocarpus | One species |
Syngonium, genus Syngonium | epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America |
Xanthosoma, genus Xanthosoma | Tropical American tuberous perennials |
Zantedeschia, genus Zantedeschia | calla lily |
arum, aroid | Any plant of the family Araceae |
genus Alocasia | Tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix |
genus Amorphophallus | genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids |
genus Anthurium | large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants |
genus Arum | type genus of the Araceae |
genus Caladium | small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves |
genus Cryptocoryne | water trumpet |
genus Dracontium | small genus of tropical American cormous herbs |
genus Monstera | Tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves |
genus Nephthytis | small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs |
genus Philodendron | Any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves |
genus Pistia | One species |
genus Spathiphyllum | evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia |
Broader | monocot family, liliopsid family | family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | araceae, aráceas, familia araceae, familia arum |
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Catalan | araceae, Araceae, aràcia |
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Adjectives | aroid, araceous | relating to a plant of the family Araceae |
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