MARANTA

Meaning of MARANTA in English

/meuh ran"teuh/ , n.

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

[ Maranta (1500-71), Italian physician and botanist ]

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MARANTA — məˈrantə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Bartolomeo Maranta died 1571 Italian physician and botanist 1. a. capitalized : a genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARANTA — (n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots …
Английский словарь Webster
MARANTA — ( n. ) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARANTA — noun a genus of endogenous plants found in tropical america, and some species also in india. they have tuberous roots …
Webster English vocab
MARANTA — [ mə'rantə ] ■ noun 1》 a tropical American plant of a genus which includes the prayer plant and the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARROWROOT — noun Date: 1696 1. any of a genus ( Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the ~ family) of tropical American …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ARROWROOT — Any of several plant species of the genus Maranta (family Marantaceae), whose rhizome s yield an edible starch. Chief among …
Английский словарь Британика
PRAYER PLANT — noun : a maranta ( Maranta leuconeura kerchoviana ) that is native to Brazil but widely used as an ornamental …
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MARANTACEAE — ˌmarən.ˈtāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Maranta, type genus + -aceae : a family of tropical monocotyledonous …
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INDIAN ARROWROOT — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2 1. a. : a tropical American arrowroot ( Maranta arundinacea ) …
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BERMUDA ARROWROOT — noun Usage: usually capitalized B 1. : arrowroot obtained from a maranta ( Maranta arundinacea ) 2. : the plant …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARROWROOT — ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: probably so called from its use by American Indians to heal wounds from poisoned arrows 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARROWROOT — (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; …
Английский словарь Webster
ARROWROOT — (n.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said …
Английский словарь Webster
ARROWROOT — ( n. ) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARROWROOT — ( n. ) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAYER PLANT — /prair/ a plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil, that is widely cultivated for its variegated leaves that close up at …
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ARROWROOT — /ar"oh rooht', -root'/ , n. 1. a tropical American plant, Maranta arundinacea, the rhizomes of which yield a nutritious starch. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARROWROOT — noun Date: 1696 1. a. : any of a genus ( Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot family) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARROWROOT — noun a west indian plant of the genus maranta, ·esp. m. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. it said …
Webster English vocab
PRAYER PLANT — ■ noun a Brazilian plant with variegated leaves which are erect at night but lie flat during the day, grown …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARROWROOT — ■ noun 1》 a fine-grained starch used in cookery and medicine. 2》 the herbaceous Caribbean plant from which ~ is …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARROWROOT — [ar.row.root] n (1696) 1 a: any of a genus (Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot family) of tropical American …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRAYER PLANT — also called praying hands (Maranta leuconeura variety kerchoveana) member of the family Marantaceae (order Zingiberales), native to the New World …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARROWROOT — any of several species of the genus Maranta, members of the family Marantaceae (q.v.), the rhizomes, or rootstocks, of which …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZINGIBERALES — order of flowering plants belonging to the class called monocotyledon (characterized generally by the presence of a single seed leaf). …
Britannica English vocabulary
MARANTACEAE — the prayer plant family of the ginger order (Zingiberales), composed of about 31 genera and 550 species of rhizomatous perennial …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARROWROOT — сущ. 1) бот. маранта (Maranta spp.) 2) аррорут, мука из подземных побегов или корневищ маранты (ботаника) маранта (Maranta spp.) аррорут …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEST INDIAN ARROWROOT — маранта тростниковая (Maranta arundinacea), маранта вест-индская (Maranta arundinacea)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WEST INDIAN ARROWROOT — маранта тростниковая ( Maranta arundinacea ) , маранта вест-индская ( Maranta arundinacea )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ARROWROOT — сущ. 1) бот. маранта (Maranta spp.) 2) аррорут, мука из подземных побегов или корневищ маранты (ботаника) маранта (Maranta spp.) аррорут …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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