maranta

[ muh-ran-tuh ]

noun
  1. any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.

Origin of maranta

1
<New Latin (Linnaeus), after Bartolomeo Maranta (1500–71), Italian physician and botanist

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maranta

/ (məˈræntə) /


noun
  1. 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

1
named after Bartolomea Maranti, died 1571, Venetian botanist

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