aroid

[ar-oid, air-]

ar·oid

[ar-oid, air-] Botany
adjective
noun
2.
any plant of the arum family.

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Aroid is always a great word to know.
So is photosynthesis. Does it mean:
method of forming complex organic materials using sunlight as energy source
organism that has a nucleus containing genetic material

Origin:
1875–80; ar(um) + -oid
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aroid (ˈærɔɪd, ˈɛər-)
 
adj
1.  Also: araceous of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium
 
n
2.  any plant of the Araceae
 
[C19: from New Latin Arum type genus + -oid; see arum]

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