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aroid

aroid noun: any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.

aroid: any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics
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Noun

aroid (plural aroids)

  1. (informal) Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.
    • They made their way slowly to the great Palm House and thence up twisty iron steps to a nook like a tree refuge in New Guinea, among palm boles and extravagant aroid growths.1920, Sir Harry Johnston, Mrs. Warren's Daughter
    • Jack-in-the-pulpit is the only other aroid native to our part of the world.1997 March 7, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of aroid

pluralaroids

Questions about aroid

What does aroid mean?
Aroid means any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.
What part of speech is aroid?
Aroid is a noun.
What is the plural of aroid?
The plural of aroid is aroids.

Words near aroid in the dictionary

  1. aroflux
  2. arofylline
  3. arogenate
  4. arogenic acid
  5. aroha
  6. aroid
  7. aroideous
  8. aroids
  9. aroint
  10. arointed
  11. arointing

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