marantaceousadj.

Brit.

/ˌmarn̩ˈteɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌmɛrənˈteɪʃəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Maranta n., -aceous suffix.

Etymology: < Maranta n. + -aceous suffix, after scientific Latin Marantaceae, family name (J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2, 1836) 324). Compare French marantacées, plural (1840).

Botany.

Belonging or relating to the family Marantaceae of monocotyledonous plants, of which Maranta is the typical genus.

ΚΠ

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. iv. 140 A long flexible cylinder made of the peel of a marantaceous plant, plaited into the proper form.

1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 944 The relative openness of the forest canopy allows the development of a profuse growth of marantaceous forbs.

1988 M. Steentoft Flowering Plants W. Afr. ii. 33 In the interior of the swamp, an irregular kind of forest develops, with patches of standing water surrounded by rattans, straggling shrubs.., and marantaceous herbs.

1994 W. B. Zomlefer Guide to Flowering Plant Families 338/2 Mature marantaceous seeds have perisperm, a nutritive tissue that develops from the nucellus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marantaceous
释义	marantaceousadj. Brit. /ˌmarn̩ˈteɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌmɛrənˈteɪʃəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Maranta n., -aceous suffix. Etymology: < Maranta n. + -aceous suffix, after scientific Latin Marantaceae, family name (J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2, 1836) 324). Compare French marantacées, plural (1840). Botany. Belonging or relating to the family Marantaceae of monocotyledonous plants, of which Maranta is the typical genus. ΚΠ 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. iv. 140 A long flexible cylinder made of the peel of a marantaceous plant, plaited into the proper form. 1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 944 The relative openness of the forest canopy allows the development of a profuse growth of marantaceous forbs. 1988 M. Steentoft Flowering Plants W. Afr. ii. 33 In the interior of the swamp, an irregular kind of forest develops, with patches of standing water surrounded by rattans, straggling shrubs.., and marantaceous herbs. 1994 W. B. Zomlefer Guide to Flowering Plant Families 338/2 Mature marantaceous seeds have perisperm, a nutritive tissue that develops from the nucellus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1863
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