əˈrālēə, -lyə noun
Etymology: New Latin
1. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Araliaceae) of widely distributed often aromatic herbs, shrubs, and trees with compound leaves and umbellate flowers — see hercules'-club , spikenard 2
2. -s : a plant of the genus Aralia
3. : the dried rhizome and roots of a plant ( Aralia racemosa ) used as a diaphoretic and aromatic