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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: arrowroot (0.00789 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to arrowroot.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: arrowroot
arrowroot
n 1: a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot
plant
2: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot
starch [syn:
American arrowroot,
obedience plant,
Maranta arundinaceae
]
3: canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which
arrowroot starch is obtained [syn:
achira,
indian shot,
Canna indica,
Canna edulis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: arrowroot
Maranta
\Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(
Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant)
arrowroot (
arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
[1913 Webster]
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