Marantan.

Brit.

/məˈrantə/, U.S.

/məˈræn(t)ə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Maranta.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Maranta (C. Plumier Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera (1703) i. 16) < the name of Bartollomeo Maranta (c1500–71) of Venosa, an Italian writer on medicinal plants. Compare French marante, maranta (1703).

A genus of tropical American monocotyledonous plants (family Marantaceae); (also maranta) a plant of this genus, esp. (a) arrowroot, M. arundinacea (now rare, perhaps obsolete); (b) the prayer plant, M. leuconeura, widely grown as a house plant for its ornamental foliage.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 2.The name Maranta has sometimes been used for certain cultivated members of the closely related genus Calathea.

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masterwort1523

hogweed1707

black root1709

many-seed1750

Martynia1753

Maranta1754

hog meat1756

iron1756

Evolvulus1764

zebra plant1826

turkey-flower1843

vriesia1843

Spanish needles1846

turkey-blossom1849

horse poison1851

St Martin's herb1860

goatweed1864

wake-robin1864

frog-bit1866

herb of St. Martin1866

pipi1866

goatweed1869

cigar-plant1961

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 1991/2 Maranta, in botany, a genus of the monandria monogynia class of plants, with a monopetalous ringent flower.

1788–9 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. I. 224 Indian Arrow-root is the same with the maranta. It is esteemed a sovereign remedy against the bite of wasps, and the poison of the manchineel tree.

1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 29 Arrow Root, produced from a Plant called Maranta, is a farinaceous alimentary root.

1882 Garden 14 Jan. 20/1 Fine foliaged plants, such as Marantas, Crotons [etc.].

1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 32 She made a cup of a maranta leaf.

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (1956) 339/1 The maranta plant, grown in Bermuda and the West Indies.

1956 X. Field House Plants iv. 97 The small maranta is a very beautiful foliage plant. Since this plant closes its leaves at night or almost curls them together it is known as the Prayer Plant.

1987 Reader's Digest Encycl. Garden Plants & Flowers (ed. 4) 98/1 Calathea... The species are sometimes offered under the name Maranta.

1988 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 235 268 The most abundant species of Marantaceae are Calathea lindmannii,..a Maranta sp. and Myrosma cannifolia.

1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Jan. 30/2 Some of the plants—coleus, marantas, begonias—are today familiar as house plants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maranta
释义	Marantan. Brit. /məˈrantə/, U.S. /məˈræn(t)ə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Maranta. Etymology: < scientific Latin Maranta (C. Plumier Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera (1703) i. 16) < the name of Bartollomeo Maranta (c1500–71) of Venosa, an Italian writer on medicinal plants. Compare French marante, maranta (1703). A genus of tropical American monocotyledonous plants (family Marantaceae); (also maranta) a plant of this genus, esp. (a) arrowroot, M. arundinacea (now rare, perhaps obsolete); (b) the prayer plant, M. leuconeura, widely grown as a house plant for its ornamental foliage.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 2.The name Maranta has sometimes been used for certain cultivated members of the closely related genus Calathea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian masterwort1523 hogweed1707 black root1709 many-seed1750 Martynia1753 Maranta1754 hog meat1756 iron1756 Evolvulus1764 zebra plant1826 turkey-flower1843 vriesia1843 Spanish needles1846 turkey-blossom1849 horse poison1851 St Martin's herb1860 goatweed1864 wake-robin1864 frog-bit1866 herb of St. Martin1866 pipi1866 goatweed1869 cigar-plant1961 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 1991/2 Maranta, in botany, a genus of the monandria monogynia class of plants, with a monopetalous ringent flower. 1788–9 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. I. 224 Indian Arrow-root is the same with the maranta. It is esteemed a sovereign remedy against the bite of wasps, and the poison of the manchineel tree. 1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 29 Arrow Root, produced from a Plant called Maranta, is a farinaceous alimentary root. 1882 Garden 14 Jan. 20/1 Fine foliaged plants, such as Marantas, Crotons [etc.]. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 32 She made a cup of a maranta leaf. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (1956) 339/1 The maranta plant, grown in Bermuda and the West Indies. 1956 X. Field House Plants iv. 97 The small maranta is a very beautiful foliage plant. Since this plant closes its leaves at night or almost curls them together it is known as the Prayer Plant. 1987 Reader's Digest Encycl. Garden Plants & Flowers (ed. 4) 98/1 Calathea... The species are sometimes offered under the name Maranta. 1988 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 235 268 The most abundant species of Marantaceae are Calathea lindmannii,..a Maranta sp. and Myrosma cannifolia. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Jan. 30/2 Some of the plants—coleus, marantas, begonias—are today familiar as house plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754
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