family Marantaceae

family Marantaceae
noun
tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Musales, ↑order Musales
Member Meronyms: ↑genus Maranta

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  • Marantaceae — prop. n. A natural family of tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes, including the arrowroot; the arrowroot family. Syn: family {Marantaceae}, arrowroot family. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Marantaceae — noun tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes • Syn: ↑family Marantaceae, ↑arrowroot family • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Musales, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Marantaceae — Pfeilwurzgewächse Pfeilwurz (Maranta leuconeura), eine der vielen Arten mit dekorativen Blättern und relativ unscheinbaren Blüten Systematik …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Marantaceae — ▪ plant family       the prayer plant family of the ginger order (Zingiberales), composed of about 31 genera and 550 species of rhizomatous perennial herbs that are native to moist or swampy tropical forests, particularly in the Americas but also …   Universalium

  • arrowroot family — noun tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes • Syn: ↑Marantaceae, ↑family Marantaceae • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Musales, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • liliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑monocot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncaceae …   Useful english dictionary

  • monocot family — noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑liliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncace …   Useful english dictionary

  • arrowroot family — ar′rowroot fam ily n. pln a family, Marantaceae, of tropical plants having abundant leaves with long sheaths and ovate blades, growing in clumps or colonies from creeping rhizomes: includes various arrowroots and the prayer plant …   From formal English to slang

  • Schumannianthus dichotoma — Marantaceae Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms …   Wikipedia

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