Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maranta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: maran-ta
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the family Marantaceae of plants

noun

Any of the family Marantaceae of plants

noun

Arrowroot starch, traditional and commonly made from Maranta arundinacea.

Inflected Forms

marantas (plural)

Questions

What does maranta mean?: Any of the family Marantaceae of plants

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