"Aroideous" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... organism of the form in the family of the Araceae, or aroid plants. An enveloping leaf (bract), called the spathe, which is often brilliantly colored, surrounds the florets, or fruits, that are disposed upon a spadix. Even the older writers—Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny—devote ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 • Various |
