noun
tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
• Syn: ↑Marantaceae, ↑arrowroot family
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Musales, ↑order Musales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Maranta
Useful english dictionary. 2012.