arrowroot
1.
(
noun
) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
Synonyms:
American arrowroot
,
Maranta arundinaceae
,
obedience plant
Related Words:
maranta
2.
(
noun
) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
Related Words:
amylum
,
starch
3.
(
noun
) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
Synonyms:
Canna edulis
,
Canna indica
,
achira
,
indian shot
Related Words:
canna
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