English

Arum maculatum

Noun

aroid ‎(plural aroids)

1. (informal) Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.
   • 1920, Sir Harry Johnston, Mrs. Warren's Daughter:

     They made their way slowly to the great Palm House and thence up twisty iron steps to a nook like a tree refuge in New Guinea, among palm boles and extravagant aroid growths.

   • 1997 March 7, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:

     Jack-in-the-pulpit is the only other aroid native to our part of the world.

   • 2000, Anton Ivancic, Vincent Lebot, The Genetics and Breeding of Taro, page 15,

     The majority of aroids are climbers and epiphytes of tropical rainforests.

Hyponyms

• arum (plant of genus Arum)

See also

• Aroideae (subfamily of Araceae)

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