Definition of Family Araceae

1. Noun. Anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Araceae

family Antedonidae
family Antennariidae
family Anthocerotaceae
family Antilocapridae
family Aphididae
family Aphyllanthaceae
family Apiaceae
family Apidae
family Aplodontiidae
family Aplysiidae
family Apocynaceae
family Apodidae
family Apogonidae
family Apterygidae
family Aquifoliaceae
family Araceae (current term)
family Araliaceae
family Araucariaceae
family Arcellidae
family Arcidae
family Arctiidae
family Ardeidae
family Arecaceae
family Argasidae
family Argentinidae
family Argiopidae
family Argonautidae
family Ariidae
family Aristolochiaceae
family Armadillidiidae

Literary usage of Family Araceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons in Botany by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"The arum family (araceae).—This family is well represented by several plants. ... family Araceae ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"... States north to Labrador, westward to California and Alaska. Part used.—Leaves (official). Arisaema triphyllum (L. ) Torr. Arum family (Araceae). ..."

3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The arum family (Araceae). Flowers in a fleshy spadix. Examples: Indian turnip (Arisa;ma), sweet-flag (Acorus), skunk- cabbage ..."

4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The arum family (Araceae). Flowers in a fleshy spadix. Examples: Indian turnip (Arisaema), sweet-flag (Acorus), skunk- cabbage ..."

5. The Town of St. Johnsbury, Vt.: A Review of One Hundred Twenty-five Years to by Edward Taylor Fairbanks (1914)
"... tables prepared at the Fairbanks Museum PLANTS AND SHRUBS Amaranth Family Amaranthaceae Amaranth Green or Pigweed Aram family Araceae Arum Water Flag ..."

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