arum family

noun

anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron

• Syn: ↑Araceae, ↑family Araceae

• Derivationally related forms: ↑araceous (for: ↑Araceae)

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Arales, ↑order Arales

• Member Meronyms:

↑arum, ↑aroid, ↑genus Arum, ↑Acorus, ↑genus Acorus, ↑Acoraceae, ↑subfamily Acoraceae, ↑Aglaonema, ↑genus Aglaonema, ↑genus Alocasia, ↑genus Amorphophallus, ↑genus Anthurium, ↑Arisaema, ↑genus Arisaema, ↑Arisarum, ↑genus Arisarum, ↑genus Caladium, ↑Calla, ↑genus Calla, ↑Colocasia, ↑genus Colocasia, ↑genus Cryptocoryne, ↑Dieffenbachia, ↑genus Dieffenbachia, ↑genus Dracontium, ↑Dracunculus, ↑genus Dracunculus, ↑Epipremnum, ↑genus Epipremnum, ↑Lysichiton, ↑genus Lysichiton, ↑Lysichitum, ↑genus Lysichitum, ↑genus Monstera, ↑genus Nephthytis, ↑Orontium, ↑genus Orontium, ↑Peltandra, ↑genus Peltandra, ↑genus Philodendron, ↑genus Pistia, ↑Scindapsus, ↑genus Scindapsus, ↑genus Pothos, ↑genus Spathiphyllum, ↑Symplocarpus, ↑genus Symplocarpus, ↑Syngonium, ↑genus Syngonium, ↑Xanthosoma, ↑genus Xanthosoma, ↑Zantedeschia, ↑genus Zantedeschia

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noun

: araceae

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—arumlike, adj.

/air"euhm/, n.

the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.

[1545-55; < L < Gk áron wake-robin]

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arum family,

Botany. a group of monocotyledonous perennial herbs, typically having a club-shaped spike of small flowers partly surrounded by a hooded sheath. The family includes the jack-in-the-pulpit, sweet flag, skunk cabbage, calla lily, and cuckoopint.