ARUM FAMILY


Meaning of ARUM FAMILY in English

— arumlike , adj.

/air"euhm/ , n.

the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.

[ 1545-55; áron wake-robin ]

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