maranta
/məˈræntə/noun
1- a tropical American plant of a genus which includes the prayer plant and the arrowroot竹芋属植物。
1.1
- Genus Maranta, family Marantaceae.竹芋属, 竹芋科。
1.2
- a calathea肖竹芋。
词源
modern Latin, named after Bartollomeo Maranta, 16th-cent. Italian herbalist.