English > arum family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron. |
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| Synonyms | Araceae, family Araceae |
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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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