The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Araceous \A*ra"ceous\, a. [L. arum a genus of plants, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
araceous adj 1: relating to a plant of the family Araceae [syn: aroid, araceous]