arrowroot – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
arrowroot
n.
type of tropical American plant
Arrowroot
arrowroot
Noun
1. a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
(hypernym) starch, amylum
2. white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
(synonym) American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
(hypernym) maranta
3. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
(synonym) achira, indian shot, Canna indica, Canna edulis
(hypernym) canna
Arrowroot (das)
n.
arrowroot, type of tropical American plant
Arrowroot
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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