araceous

1. 1.

   relating to a plant of the family Araceae

   Synonymsaroid

   botany

Questions about araceous

What does araceous mean?

araceous means "relating to a plant of the family Araceae".

How many syllables are in araceous?

araceous has 4 syllables and divides as a-ra-ce-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for araceous?

Close synonyms include aroid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is araceous a common word?

araceous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.