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单词 maranta
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Definition of maranta in English:

maranta

nounməˈrantəməˈran(t)ə
  • 1A tropical American plant of a genus which includes the prayer plant and the arrowroot.

    竹芋属植物

    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. 1.1 A calathea (plant).
      肖竹芋

Origin

Modern Latin, named after Bartollomeo Maranta, 16th-century Italian herbalist.

Definition of maranta in US English:

maranta

nounməˈran(t)ə
  • 1A tropical American plant of a genus which includes the prayer plant and the arrowroot.

    竹芋属植物

    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. 1.1 A calathea.
      肖竹芋

Origin

Modern Latin, named after Bartollomeo Maranta, 16th-century Italian herbalist.

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