Araceae
Noun
Meaning
anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
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Examples
Instead, Acorus, its only genus, was included in the Araceae.
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.
The family Araceae alone accounts for about a hundred genera, totaling over two thousand species.