ARUM FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arum family mean? 

• ARUM FAMILY (noun)
  The noun ARUM FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron

  Familiarity information: ARUM FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARUM FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae

Hypernyms ("arum family" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "arum family"):

genus Philodendron (any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves)

Dracunculus; genus Dracunculus (tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum)

Epipremnum; genus Epipremnum (small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas)

genus Lysichiton; genus Lysichitum; Lysichiton; Lysichitum (skunk cabbage)

genus Monstera (tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves)

genus Nephthytis (small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs)

genus Orontium; Orontium (one species of aquatic plant: golden club)

genus Peltandra; Peltandra (small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs)

Dieffenbachia; genus Dieffenbachia (evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants)

genus Pistia (one species: water lettuce)

genus Pothos; genus Scindapsus; Scindapsus (evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil)

genus Spathiphyllum (evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia)

genus Symplocarpus; Symplocarpus (one species: skunk cabbage)

genus Syngonium; Syngonium (epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage)

genus Xanthosoma; Xanthosoma (tropical American tuberous perennials)

genus Zantedeschia; Zantedeschia (calla lily)

genus Dracontium (small genus of tropical American cormous herbs)

genus Cryptocoryne (water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants)

Colocasia; genus Colocasia (small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro)

Calla; genus Calla (water arum)

genus Caladium (small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves)

Arisarum; genus Arisarum (tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area)

Arisaema; genus Arisaema (tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials)

genus Anthurium (large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants)

genus Amorphophallus (genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm)

genus Alocasia (tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix)

Aglaonema; genus Aglaonema (climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen)

Acoraceae; subfamily Acoraceae (used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae)

Acorus; genus Acorus (sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae)

genus Arum (type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves)

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

Holonyms ("arum family" is a member of...):

Arales; order Arales (Araceae; Lemnaceae)