Definition of arrowroot
English to English noun - a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
source: WordNet 3.0 - white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
source: WordNet 3.0 - canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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