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Arum vs Aroid - What's the difference?

arum | aroid | Hyponyms |

Arum is a hyponym of aroid.


As nouns the difference between arum and aroid

is that arum is or arum can be while aroid is (informal) any plant of the family araceae, found chiefly in the tropics.

arum

English

(wikipedia arum) (wikispecies)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flower or plant in the genus Arum

    • 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)

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