HyperDic: genus_maranta

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Maranta:
NOUNplantgenus Marantaherbs of tropical America
English > genus Maranta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningherbs of tropical America.
Member ofMarantaceae, family Marantaceae, arrowroot familyTropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
MembersmarantaAny of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus maranta
Catalangenus maranta

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