Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

arrowroot

Italian translation:

maranta

Added to glossary by Alice Bellia
Oct 24, 2005 09:19
18 yrs ago
English term

aroowroot

English to Italian Science Botany
The natives used to make plaited vessels for their foods with stalks of bamboo, aroowroot, fern stems and coconut leaves.
Proposed translations (Italian)
5 +4 maranta
4 marantacea/maranta

Proposed translations

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English term (edited): arrowroot
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maranta

Genere originario del Brasile e delle zone tropicali dell’Africa che comprende circa una ventina di specie.

La Maranta viene coltivata per il fogliame variegato assai ornamentale.
I fiori, non molto vistosi, sono formati da tre petali che presentano al loro interno dei grandi stami.
Peer comment(s):

agree Luisa Piussi
3 mins
:)
agree giogi : in oriente fanno anche un infuso con le foglie, tipo te
28 mins
agree 123xyz (X) : "arrowroot", not "aroowroot" :)
59 mins
agree Filippa Addis
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "grazie."
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marantacea/maranta

Il De Mauro propone "marantacea": "pianta erbacea perenne della famiglia delle Marantacee", trovi anche "maranta".
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