arrowroot, n.
(arrowroots)
(arrowroots)
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
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Canna edulis Canna indica achira arrowroot indian shot
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white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
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American arrowroot Maranta arundinaceae arrowroot obedience plant
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a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
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arrowroot
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