Aroid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aroid
       adj : relating to a plant of the family Araceae [syn: {araceous}]
       n : any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed
           on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: {arum}]