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English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Calathea.
Noun
calathea (plural calatheas)
- (botany) Any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.
2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 11:Even the plants look expensive. A humidifier hisses beneath her calatheas.
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