ARACEAE

• ARACEAE (noun)
  The noun ARACEAE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ARACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

• ARACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae

Hypernyms ("Araceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Araceae"):

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)

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

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 Dracontium (small genus of tropical American cormous herbs)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arisaema; genus Arisaema (tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials)

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

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

Calla; genus Calla (water arum)

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

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

genus Zantedeschia; Zantedeschia (calla lily)

Holonyms ("Araceae" is a member of...):

Arales; order Arales (Araceae; Lemnaceae)