HyperDic: arrowroot_family

English > 1 sense of the expression arrowroot family:
NOUNplantarrowroot family, Marantaceae, family Marantaceaetropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
English > arrowroot family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes.
SynonymsMarantaceae, family Marantaceae
Member ofMusales, order MusalesTropical plants
Membersgenus Marantaherbs of tropical America
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishmarantáceas

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