maranta
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
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Out of thirty-six more or less known species of the genus maranta, thirty at least are of American origin.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candollemaranta had studied in the private gardens formed by Pinelli at Naples.
Most of the arrow-root, the fecula of the maranta arudinacea, sold by druggists, is a mixture of potatoe starch and arrow-root.
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons | Fredrick AccumOthers of more or less value are species of arrowroot (maranta) and ginger (Zingiber).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany | Douglas Houghton CampbellTen of the mixtures contained scarcely a particle of the genuine maranta or West India arrowroot, for which they were sold.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom | P. L. Simmonds
British Dictionary definitions for maranta
/ (məˈræntə) /
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
Origin of maranta
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