HyperDic: family_marantaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Marantaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Marantaceae, Marantaceae, arrowroot familytropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
English > family Marantaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes.
SynonymsMarantaceae, arrowroot family
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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