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GENUS MARANTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs of tropical America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Maranta" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Maranta"):
maranta (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)
Holonyms ("genus Maranta" is a member of...):
arrowroot family; family Marantaceae; Marantaceae (tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes)
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