GENUS MARANTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Maranta mean? 

• GENUS MARANTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MARANTA has 1 sense:

1. herbs of tropical America

  Familiarity information: GENUS MARANTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MARANTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbs of tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Maranta" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Maranta"):

maranta (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)

Holonyms ("genus Maranta" is a member of...):

arrowroot family; family Marantaceae; Marantaceae (tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes)