arum family
81Aroid — 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] …
82Arisaema — Arisaema …
83 Arisaema — Ari …
84araceous — /euh ray sheuhs/, adj. Bot. belonging to the plant family Araceae. Cf. arum family. [ < NL Arace(ae) (see ARUM, ACEAE) + OUS] * * * …
85dumb cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed. Also called mother in law plant. [1690 1700] * * * ▪ plant any of about 30 species of… …
86philodendron — /fil euh den dreuhn/, n. a tropical American climbing plant belonging to the genus Philodendron, of the arum family, usually having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, often used as an ornamental houseplant. [1875 80; < NL < Gk, n. use of neut. of… …
87pothos — /poh thos, theuhs, poth ohs, euhs/, n., pl. pothos, pothoses. any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, esp. E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage. [ < NL… …
88aroid — ar•oid [[t]ˈær ɔɪd, ˈɛər [/t]] adj. 1) bot belonging to the arum family 2) bot any plant of the arum family • Etymology: 1875–80; < NLAr(um)+ oid …
89calla — [kal′ə] n. [ModL < L calla, calsa, a plant (of uncert. kind): so named by LINNAEUS Carolus] 1. any of several plants (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family, with a conspicuous white, yellow, or pink spathe surrounding a club shaped, yellow… …
90skunk cabbage — ☆ skunk cabbage n. 1. a perennial E North American plant (Symplocarpus foetidus) of the arum family, growing in wet soil and having large, cabbagelike leaves, a spadix of small flowers concealed in a purple, hooded spathe, and a disagreeable… …
