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arrow-shaped |
arrow-wood |
arrowhead |
arrowheaded |
arrowleaf groundsel |
arrowroot
| arrowroot family
| arrowsmith
| arrowwood
| arrowworm
| arrowy
arrowroot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arrowroot has 3 senses
- arrowroot(n = noun.substance) Array - a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant; Array is a kind of amylum, starch
- arrowroot(n = noun.plant) american arrowroot, maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant - white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch; Array is a kind of maranta
- arrowroot(n = noun.plant) achira, canna edulis, canna indica, indian shot - canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained; Array is a kind of canna
CIDE DICTIONARY
arrowroot, n.
- A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
Maranta , esp.Maranta arundinacea , now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yieldsarrowroot starch . It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows. [1913 Webster] - A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of
Maranta arundinacea , and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species ofMaranta andCurcuma . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
arrowroot, n. a plant of the family Marantaceae from which a starch is prepared and used for nutritional and medicinal purposes.
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