Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the natural order of plants Araceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.
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- adjective botany Of or relating to a family of
plants ,Araceae , of which thegenus Arum is thetype .
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- adjective relating to a plant of the family Araceae
Etymologies
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Latin arum a genus of plants, from Ancient Greek.
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