maranta

maranta (plural marantas)

1. arrowroot

maranta m or f (plural marantas)

1. arrowroot

• “maranta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From translingual Maranta, named after Italian physician and botanist Bartolomeo Maranta (1500–1571).

• IPA^(key): /maˈran.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: ma‧ràn‧ta

maranta f (plural marante)

1. (botany) any member of the Maranta taxonomic genus

• marnata

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾanta/ [maˈɾãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: ma‧ran‧ta

maranta f (plural marantas)

1. arrowroot

   Synonyms: guapo, sagú, planta obediente