HyperDic: indian_arrowroot

English > 1 sense of the expression Indian arrowroot:
NOUNplantIndian arrowroot, pia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifidaperennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia
English > Indian arrowroot: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
Synonymspia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida
Member ofTacca, genus Taccagenus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and small umbellate flowers
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishpia

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