परिवार के किसी भी पौधे araceaea; एक बड़े स्पैथ से घिरे एक स्पैडिक्स पर छोटे फूल बड़े होते हैं

aroid's Usage Examples:

in the Aroid family, where in some genera the plant produces one huge, much-branched leaf each season.

The hoactzin, Opisthocomus, feeds to a great extent upon the leaves of the aroid Montrichardia or Caladium arborescens.

The plants of which the floral organs or perfect fruits are preserved include the amber-bearing Pinus succinifera, Smilax, Phoenix, the spike of an aroid, i i species of oak, 2 of chestnut, a beech, Urticaceae, 2 cinnamons and Trianthera among the Lauraceae, representatives of the Cistaceae, Ternstroemiaceae, Dilleniaceae (3 species of Hibbertia), Geraniaceae (Geranium and Erodium), Oxalidaceae, Acer, Celastraceae, Olacaceae, Pittosporaceae, Ilex (2 species), Euphorbiaceae, Umbelliferae (Chaerophyllum), Saxifragaceae (3 genera), Hamamelidaceae, Rosaceae, Connaraceae, Ericaceae (Andromeda and Clethra), Myrsinaceae (3 species), Rubiaceae, Sambucus (2 species), Santalaceae, Loranthaceae (3 species).

A good series of tropical aroids is to be seen in the aroid house at Kew.

aroid's Meaning':

any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe