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MARANTACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Marantaceae mean?
• MARANTACEAE (noun)
The noun MARANTACEAE has 1 sense:
1. tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
Familiarity information: MARANTACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
arrowroot family; family Marantaceae; Marantaceae
Hypernyms ("Marantaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Marantaceae"):
genus Maranta (herbs of tropical America)
Holonyms ("Marantaceae" is a member of...):
Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)
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