arrowroot
Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the…Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
Pfeilwurz
мара́нтаmaránta
(countable, uncountable)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).
(uncountable)A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
Pfeilwurzelmehl, Arrowroot
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
(countable, uncountable)Other plants with similar appearance or properties, such as common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)|
Translations
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Origin
From Lokono aru-aru (literally “meal of meals”), influenced by arrow + root because the plFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: arrowrootsSynonyms
7 synonyms- white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch:American arrowrootobedience plantMaranta arundinaceae
- canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained:achiraindian shotCanna indicaCanna edulis
Word family
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