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Definition of maranta in English: marantanounməˈrantəməˈran(t)ə 1A tropical American plant of a genus which includes the prayer plant and the arrowroot. Genus Maranta, family Marantaceae Example sentencesExamples - Officially known as marantas, prayer plants are so called because the leaves of some species fold upwards, as if in supplication to the gods.
- Scheffleras and marantas also revel in warmer, humid conditions.
- The maranta and calathea are other such plants.
- 1.1 A calathea (plant).
Origin Modern Latin, named after Bartollomeo Maranta, 16th-century Italian herbalist. Definition of maranta in US English: marantanounməˈran(t)ə 1A tropical American plant of a genus which includes the prayer plant and the arrowroot. Genus Maranta, family Marantaceae Example sentencesExamples - Scheffleras and marantas also revel in warmer, humid conditions.
- The maranta and calathea are other such plants.
- Officially known as marantas, prayer plants are so called because the leaves of some species fold upwards, as if in supplication to the gods.
- 1.1 A calathea.
Origin Modern Latin, named after Bartollomeo Maranta, 16th-century Italian herbalist. |