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| the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron. |

| arum family | |
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| anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron [syn: Araceae] |