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araceous

araceous adjective: of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.

Adjective

araceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.

Origin of araceous

From translingual Arum + -aceous, from Latin arum, a genus of plants, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).

Questions about araceous

What does araceous mean?
Araceous means of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.
What part of speech is araceous?
Araceous is an adjective.

Words near araceous in the dictionary

  1. araced
  2. Araceli
  3. Aracelis
  4. Aracena
  5. Aracenas
  6. araceous
  7. araces
  8. arachedonic
  9. Arachi
  10. arachibutyrophobia
  11. arachic

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