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aroid is a type of:

• herb, herbaceous plant (noun) - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem

types of aroid:

• alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear (noun) - any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
• amorphophallus (noun) - any plant of the genus Amorphophallus
• black calla, Arum palaestinum (noun) - ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe
• caladium (noun) - any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
• cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum (noun) - common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix

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• devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus rivieri (noun) - foul-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
• dracontium (noun) - any plant of the genus Dracontium
• dragon arum, green dragon, Dracunculus vulgaris (noun) - European arum resembling the cuckoopint
• dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tongue, Dieffenbachia sequine (noun) - an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves
• friar's-cowl, Arisarum vulgare (noun) - tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe
• green dragon, Arisaema dracontium (noun) - early 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
• jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens (noun) - common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
• krubi, titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum (noun) - malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
• nephthytis (noun) - any plant of the genus Nephthytis
• pungapung, telingo potato, elephant yam, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus (noun) - putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
• taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta (noun) - herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
• yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens (noun) - tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes

aroid is a member of:

• Araceae, family Araceae, arum family (noun) - anthurium

aroid is derivationally related to:

• aroid, araceous (adjective) - relating to a plant of the family Araceae

Derivationally related form:

• Araceae, family Araceae, arum family (noun) - anthurium
• arum, aroid (noun) - any plant of the family Araceae

Domain of synset - TOPIC:

• botany, phytology (noun) - the branch of biology that studies plants

aroid pertains to:

• Araceae, family Araceae, arum family (noun) - anthurium