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noun
Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Other plants with similar appearance or properties, such as common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)|
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: achira, indian shot, Canna indica, Canna edulis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: canna
noun
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maranta
noun
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: starch, amylum
History
From Lokono aru-aru (literally “meal of meals”), influenced by arrow + root because the plant’s “roots” (more accurately rhizomes) are used on wounds from poison darts to absorb the poison.
Across languages
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