Aroid

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics. informal

    "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."

  2. 2
    any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to a plant of the family Araceae wordnet

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araceousarumarum

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"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."

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