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maranta
(encz) | maranta, n: |
Maranta
(gcide) | Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
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maranta
(wn) | maranta
n 1: any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous
starchy roots and large sheathing leaves |
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maranta třtinová
(czen) | maranta třtinová,arrowrootn: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
Amarantaceous
(gcide) | Amarantaceous \Am`a*ran*ta"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of
which the amaranth is the type.
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Maranta
(gcide) | Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
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Maranta arundinacea
(gcide) | Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
[1913 Webster]Arrowroot \Ar"row*root`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in
many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It
said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the
venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.
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2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of
Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children
an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other
plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
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Marantaceae
(gcide) | Marantaceae \Marantaceae\ prop. n.
A natural family of tropical perennial herbs with usually
starchy rhizomes, including the arrowroot; the arrowroot
family.
Syn: family Marantaceae, arrowroot family.
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family marantaceae
(wn) | family Marantaceae
n 1: tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
[syn: Marantaceae, family Marantaceae, {arrowroot
family}] |
genus maranta
(wn) | genus Maranta
n 1: herbs of tropical America |
maranta arundinaceae
(wn) | Maranta arundinaceae
n 1: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields
arrowroot starch [syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot,
obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae] |
marantaceae
(wn) | Marantaceae
n 1: tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
[syn: Marantaceae, family Marantaceae, {arrowroot
family}] |
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