| 单词 | aroid |
| 释义 | aroid (once / 262652 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY aroid: aroids USAGE EXAMPLESCorpse flowers were rare in the U.S. before the 1990s, said Emily Colletti, aroid collection curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Wall Street Journal(Jul 29, 2016) The water edges are full of interesting flora as well, including the exquisite aquatic aroid golden club, along with the rare bog plant named swamppink. Washington Post(May 13, 2015) ARoid says he never doped but then he admitted he did. Forbes(Dec 26, 2013) 1n any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe Syn|Hypo|Hyper arum Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum Arum palaestinum, black callaornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe alocasia, elephant ear, elephant's earany plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries amorphophallusany plant of the genus Amorphophallus Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potatoputrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber Amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arumfoul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix Amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arummalodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robincommon American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries Arisaema dracontium, green dragonearly spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowltuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores caladiumany plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plantherb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves Dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tonguean evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name dracontiumany plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragonEuropean arum resembling the cuckoopint nephthytisany plant of the genus Nephthytis Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, yautiatropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes Alocasia macrorrhiza, giant tarolarge evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental Caladium bicolormost popular caladium; cultivated in many varieties since the late 19th century Nephthytis afzeliitropical rhizomatous plant cultivated as an ornamental for its large sagittate leaves herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2adj relating to a plant of the family Araceae Syn araceous |
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