genus maranta

English Thesaurus

1. herbs of tropical America (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	maranta,
definition	:	any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	arrowroot family, family marantaceae, marantaceae,
definition	:	tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes (noun.plant)