aroid

3 definitions found

aroid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

aroid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aroid
      adj 1: relating to a plant of the family Araceae [syn: aroid,
             araceous]
      n 1: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed
           on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum,
           aroid]