maranta vs arrowroot

maranta and arrowroot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maranta	Yes	No	No	No
arrowroot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, arrowroot is a hyponym of maranta; that is, arrowroot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than maranta:

maranta: any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
arrowroot: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

Other hyponyms of maranta include American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant.

maranta (noun)	arrowroot (noun)
any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves	white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
	canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
	a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant