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Arid vs Aroid - What's the difference?

arid | aroid |

As an adjective arid

is very dry.

As a noun aroid is

any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.

arid

English

Adjective

(en-adj) (wikipedia arid)
  • Very dry.
  • Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  • Devoid of value.
  • Quotations

    * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37 *: Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.

    See also

    * semiarid

    Anagrams

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    aroid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Sir Harry Johnston, title=Mrs. Warren's Daughter, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=They made their way slowly to the great Palm House and thence up twisty iron steps to a nook like a tree refuge in New Guinea, among palm boles and extravagant aroid growths. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1997, date=March 7, author=Jerry Sullivan, title=Field & Street, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=Jack-in-the-pulpit is the only other aroid native to our part of the world.}}
  • * 2000 , Anton Ivancic, Vincent Lebot, The Genetics and Breeding of Taro , page 15,
  • The majority of aroids are climbers and epiphytes of tropical rainforests.

    Hyponyms

    * arum

    See also

    * Aroideae (subfamily of Araceae)

    Anagrams

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