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Meaning of ARROWROOT

Pronunciation:  'arow`root

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
  2. [n]  white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
  3. [n]  a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
 
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 Synonyms: achira, American arrowroot, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant
 
 See Also: amylum, canna, maranta, starch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ar"row*root`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A west Indian plant of the genus {Maranta}, esp.
   {M. arundinacea}, now cultivated in many hot countries. It
   said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the
   venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
2. 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 of {Maranta} and {Curcuma}.
 

 

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