- aroid
- adjective Etymology: New Latin Arum Date: 1886 of or relating to the arum family • aroid noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
aroid
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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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aroid — [ar′oid΄, er′oid΄] n. any plant of the arum family … English World dictionary
aroid — /ˈærɔɪd/ (say aroyd), /ˈɛə / (say air ) Botany –adjective 1. belonging to or resembling the Araceae or arum family of plants which includes the arum, taro, etc. –noun 2. an aroid plant. {ar(um) + oid} …
aroid — /ar oyd, air /, Bot. adj. 1. araceous. n. 2. any plant of the arum family. [1875 80; AR(UM) + OID] * * * … Universalium
aroid — noun Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics Syn: arum … Wiktionary
aroïd — polaroïd … Dictionnaire des rimes
aroid — [ ɛ:rɔɪd] noun Botany a plant of the arum family (Araceae) … English new terms dictionary
aroid — ar·oid … English syllables
aroid — 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 … From formal English to slang
