Araceae

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Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendronarum family, family Araceaeliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedArales, order Arales - Araceae; Lemnaceaearoid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathegenus Arum - type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leavesAcorus, genus Acorus - sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily AcoraceaeAcoraceae, subfamily Acoraceae - used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to AraceaeAglaonema, genus Aglaonema - climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreengenus Alocasia - tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadixgenus Amorphophallus - genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palmgenus Anthurium - large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplantsArisaema, genus Arisaema - tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennialsArisarum, genus Arisarum - tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean areagenus Caladium - small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leavesgenus Calla, Calla - water arumColocasia, genus Colocasia - small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: tarogenus Cryptocoryne - water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plantsDieffenbachia, genus Dieffenbachia - evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplantsgenus Dracontium - small genus of tropical American cormous herbsDracunculus, genus Dracunculus - tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arumEpipremnum, genus Epipremnum - small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areasgenus Lysichiton, genus Lysichitum, Lysichiton, Lysichitum - skunk cabbagegenus Monstera - tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leavesgenus Nephthytis - small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbsgenus Orontium, Orontium - one species of aquatic plant: golden clubgenus Peltandra, Peltandra - small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbsgenus Philodendron - any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leavesgenus Pistia - one species: water lettucegenus Pothos, genus Scindapsus, Scindapsus - evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazilgenus Spathiphyllum - evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesiagenus Symplocarpus, Symplocarpus - one species: skunk cabbagegenus Syngonium, Syngonium - epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliagegenus Xanthosoma, Xanthosoma - tropical American tuberous perennialsgenus Zantedeschia, Zantedeschia - calla lily

Araceae

[ə′rās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of herbaceous flowering plants in the order Arales; plants have stems, roots, and leaves, the inflorescence is a spadix, and the growth habit is terrestrial or sometimes more or less aquatic; well-known members include dumb cane (Dieffenbachia), jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema), and Philodendron.

Araceae

a family of monocotyledonous plants. They are grassy perennials, often with thickened rhizomes or tubers; also climbing shrubs or semishrubs; and occasionally dendroid forms or epiphytes. The flowers are bisexual or unisexual in the spadices, with a bright covering. There are about 110 genera and 2,000 species, mainly in tropical regions. There are seven genera and 14 species in the USSR. Many Araceae contain a milky sap that is often poisonous. Among the Araceae are the taro, alocasias, and the yautia (Xanthosoma), which are important food crops; and also the anthuriums, monsteras, philodendrons, Indian kale, and others, which are widespread hothouse and house plants. In the USSR the bog arum grows in swampy areas, and the cuckoo pint is found in shady forests. Some species of Araceae (for example, plants of the genus Acora) are used in medicine and in the manufacture of perfume.

REFERENCE

Kuzeneva, O. I. “Aroidnye.” In Flora SSSR, vol. 3. Leningrad, 1935.

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noun anthurium

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