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‖ Maranta Bot.|məˈræntə|
[mod.L. (Plumier 1703), f. the name of Bartolommeo Maranta of Venosa, a 16th c. writer on medicinal plants.]
A genus of herbaceous plants native of tropical America; a plant of this genus.
1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 29 Arrow Root, produced from a Plant called Maranta, is a farinaceous alimentary root. 1882Garden 14 Jan. 20/1 Fine foliaged plants, such as Marantas, Crotons [etc.]. 1899Rodway Guiana Wilds 32 She made a cup of a maranta leaf. |