Definition of Arrowroot

Noun: arrowroot  'er-ow,root [N. Amer], 'a-row,root [Brit]

1. A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
    
2. White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
   - American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
    
3. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
   - achira, indian shot, Canna indica, Canna edulis

See also:
arrowlike
arrowroots

Anagrams containing the word arrowroot

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