GENUS MARANTA

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Meaning:

Herbs of tropical America

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Nouns denoting plants

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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