maranta
noun
ma·ran·ta
mə-ˈran-tə
plural marantas
: any of a genus (Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot family) of tropical American plants that often form clumps and include some (such as M. leuconeura and M. cristata) grown as houseplants for their ornamentally patterned leaves
called also arrowroot
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