Marah
See also: marah
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Hebrew מָרָה (mará, “bitter”)
Proper noun edit
Marah f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the manroots, native to Western North America.
Synonyms edit
- (manroot): wild cucumber, cucumber gourd, old man in the ground
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Sicyeae - tribe; Cyclantherinae - subtribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Marah oreganus - type species; Marah fabaceus, Marah gilensis, Marah guadalupensis, Marah horrida, Marah inermis, Marah macrocarpa, Marah watsonii - species
References edit
- Marah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Marah on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Marah on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Marah at USDA Plants database
- Marah at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Marah at The Plant List
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic مَرَح (maraḥ)
Proper noun edit
Marah
- A female given name from Arabic, from Arabic, which means merriness, cheerfulness.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Marah
- A female given name from Hebrew, from Hebrew which means bitterness. Biblical variant: Mara.