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calathea

calathea noun: any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.

Noun

calathea (plural calatheas)

  1. Any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
    • Even the plants look expensive. A humidifier hisses beneath her calatheas.2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 11

Forms of calathea

pluralcalatheas

Origin of calathea

Borrowed from translingual Calathea.

Questions about calathea

What does calathea mean?
Calathea means any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
What part of speech is calathea?
Calathea is a noun.
What is the plural of calathea?
The plural of calathea is calatheas.

Words near calathea in the dictionary

  1. Calasiao
  2. calasiris
  3. Calatagan
  4. calatase
  5. Calatayud
  6. calathea
  7. calatheas
  8. calathi
  9. calathid
  10. calathides
  11. calathidia

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