Crossword-Solution: MARANTA 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Maranta n. A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America,
and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a
large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea)
arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

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Plant of the arrowroot family 1 answer
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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The port was full of canoes, large and small—from the montaria, with its arched awning of woven lianas and Maranta leaves, to the two-masted cuberta of the peddling trader, who had resorted to the place in the hope of trafficking with settlers coming from remote sitios to attend the festival.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons Henry Walter Bates 2000
Two or three old women, seated on mats, were making baskets with narrow strips of bark from the leaf-stalks of palms, whilst others were occupied lining them with the broad leaves of a species of maranta, and filling them afterwards with farina, which was previously measured in a rude square vessel.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons Henry Walter Bates 2000
Amongst the utensils I noticed baskets of different shapes, made of flattened maranta stalks, and dyed various colours.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons Henry Walter Bates 2000
The body was formed of neatly-plaited strips of Maranta stalks, and the belt by which it was suspended from the shoulder was decorated with cotton fringes and tassels.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons Henry Walter Bates 2000
The different portions of the party made arched coverings with the toldos or maranta-leaf awnings of their canoes to sleep under, fixing the edges in the sand.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons Henry Walter Bates 2000
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Appears in: NYT.

Used 1 time in crossword archives (2007).