aroid vs mother-in-law plant

mother-in-law plant vs aroid

aroid and mother-in-law plant both are nouns.

aroid is an adjective but mother-in-law plant is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aroid	Yes	Yes	No	No
mother-in-law plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mother-in-law plant is a hyponym of aroid; that is, mother-in-law plant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aroid:

aroid: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
mother-in-law plant: an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name

Other hyponyms of aroid include Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies, Arum palaestinum, black calla, alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear, amorphophallus, Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arum, Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin, Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowl, caladium, Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant, Dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law's tongue, dracontium, Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon, nephthytis, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia.

aroid (noun)	mother-in-law plant (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name

aroid (adjective)	mother-in-law plant (adjective)
relating to a plant of the family Araceae

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