Romanian Meaning of arrowroot

Arrowroot

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Definitions and Meaning of arrowroot in English

Wordnet

arrowroot (n)

a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant

white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

Webster

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.

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.

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Arrowroot

a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant, white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch, canna grown especially fo

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arrowleaf groundsel => Brumărele cu frunze săgeată, arrowheaded => în formă de săgeată, arrowhead => vârf de săgeată, arrow-grass family => Joncaginaceae, arrow wood => Lemn de săgeată,

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