maranta

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M0098500 (mə-răn′tə)n.1. Any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including the arrowroot, having thin, ovate, usually spotted leaves and irregular flowers.2. An edible starch made from these plants.

[After Bartolomeo Maranta (died 1571), Italian herbalist.]

maranta

(məˈræntə) n (Plants) any plant of the tropical American rhizomatous genus Maranta, some species of which are grown as pot plants for their showy leaves in variegated shades of green: family Marantaceae[named after Bartolomea Maranti, died 1571, Venetian botanist]

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maranta - any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leavesherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Maranta - herbs of tropical AmericaAmerican arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant, arrowroot - white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

Maranta

a genus of plants of the family Maranthaceae. They are perennial grasses with tuberous rhizomes. The leaves are radical or cauline (in two rows). The flowers are three-parted and asymmetrical and grow in apical spicate inflorescences. The fruit is a monospermous capsule. There are approximately 25 species in tropical America. Some species are cultivated for their starch. The most important species is Indian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) the rhizomes of which are made into flour that is used in dietetic foods. (The flour is known as Indian arrowroot or East Indian arrowroot.) Several species of Maranta, including M. bicolor and M. leuconeura, have colorful leaves and are ornamentals; they are raised in greenhouses or as house plants.

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noun any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves

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