Marah
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Hebrew מָרָה (mará, “bitter”)
Proper noun
Marah f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the manroots, native to Western North America.
Synonyms
- (manroot): wild cucumber, cucumber gourd, old man in the ground
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Marah oreganus - type species; Marah fabaceus, Marah gilensis, Marah guadalupensis, Marah horrida, Marah inermis, Marah macrocarpa, Marah watsonii - species
References
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic مَرَح (maraḥ)
Proper noun
Marah
- A female given name from Arabic, from Arabic, which means merriness, cheerfulness.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Marah
- A female given name from Hebrew, from Hebrew which means bitterness. Biblical variant: Mara.