noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of arrowroot (plant)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arrowroot
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
American arrowroot
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of several powdered starches, as cornstarch or potato starch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A plant of species Trimezia martinicensis (syn. Sisyrinchium galaxoides), of most of the rainforest tropics of the Americas.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maranta
History
Etymology
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