Definition of "maranta" []

• Any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including the arrowroot, having thin, ovate, usually spotted leaves and irregular flowers. (noun)
• An edible starch made from these plants. (noun)

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• "His wife said that his smoking had killed her red-veined maranta."
• "Then the massive comb itself, great cavities of thick honey, poured onto maranta leaves and carried home to the children."
• "The leaf of the pond lily, lotus, canna, maranta, rubber tree, magnolia, camellia, orange, and all leaves which have a waxy surface, should either be varnished or bronzed."