Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aroid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aroid \Ar"oid\, n. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the Arum family ({Arace[ae]}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aroid \A"roid\, Aroideous \A*roid"e*ous\, a. [Arum + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aroid
adj : (botany) 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}]
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