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aroid Bot.|ˈɛərɔɪd|
[f. arum + -oid. The family Araceæ is also called Aroideæ.]
A plant allied to the Arum or Wake-robin; an arad. aˈroideous a., allied to Arum.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 252 The eatable Aroideous plants, Orchises, Yams. 1860Let. in Athenæum 29 June (1861) 863 Festoons of aroideous plants. 1876H. Evershed in Macm. Mag. XXXIV. 53 The moist and heated air covers the..trunks of trees with a drapery of aroids. |