English
Detailed Synonyms for arrowroot in English
arrowroot:
arrowroot [the ~] noun
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the arrowroot
– canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained 1the arrowroot; the Canna indica; the indian shot; the achira; the Canna edulis– canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained 1 -
the arrowroot
– white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch 1the arrowroot; the American arrowroot; the obedience plant; the Maranta arundinaceae– white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch 1 -
the arrowroot
– a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant 1