HyperDic: american_arrowroot

English > 1 sense of the expression American arrowroot:
NOUNplantAmerican arrowroot, arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceaewhite-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
English > American arrowroot: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwhite-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.
Synonymsarrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
BroadermarantaAny of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
Spanishmaranta arundinaceae, maranta arundinacea
Catalanmaranta arundinaceae

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