aroid

/ar-oid, air-/US // ˈær ɔɪd, ˈɛər- //UK // (ˈærɔɪd, ˈɛər-) //

绣球,绣花针,绣花,绣花枕头

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

n.名词 noun

The hoactzin, Opisthocomus, feeds to a great extent upon the leaves of the aroid Montrichardia or Caladium arborescens.
It was especially prepared for me on their learning that I had found the plant (an aroid, Schizmatoglottis) in my excursions.
Lower down the trunk, the handsome aroid Epipremnum may be observed.
We meet with organism of the form in the family of the Araceæ, or aroid plants.
A good series of tropical aroids is to be seen in the aroid house at Kew.