Marah

See also: marah

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Hebrew מָרָה (mará, “bitter”)

Proper noun

Marah f

1. 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):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَرَح (maraḥ)

Proper noun

Marah

1. A female given name from Arabic, from Arabic, which means merriness, cheerfulness.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew מָרָה.

Proper noun

Marah

1. A female given name from Hebrew, from Hebrew which means bitterness. Biblical variant: Mara.

Translations

female given name from Hebrew

• Hebrew: מרה (he)

Anagrams

• Hamar, Mahar, Ramah, Haram, haram