English > aroid: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe. |
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| Synonym | arum |
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| Member of | Araceae, family Araceae, arum family | anthurium |
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| Narrower | alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear | Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries |
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| amorphophallus | Any plant of the genus Amorphophallus |
| black calla, Arum palaestinum | Ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe |
| caladium | Any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red |
| cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum | Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix |
| devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus rivieri | foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix |
| dracontium | Any plant of the genus Dracontium |
| dragon arum, green dragon, Dracunculus vulgaris | European arum resembling the cuckoopint |
| dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tongue, Dieffenbachia sequine | An evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves |
| friar's-cowl, Arisarum vulgare | tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe |
| green dragon, Arisaema dracontium | Early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix |
| jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens | Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries |
| krubi, titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum | malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet |
| nephthytis | Any plant of the genus Nephthytis |
| pungapung, telingo potato, elephant yam, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus | putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber |
| taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves |
| yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens | Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | arum, yaro |
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| Catalan | arum |
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| Adjectives | aroid | relating to a plant of the family Araceae |
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