From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
({Maranta arundinacea}, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) {arrowroot} ({arrowroot starch}) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Arrowroot \Ar"row*root`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
{Maranta}, esp. {Maranta arundinacea}, now cultivated in
many hot countries. Its root yields {arrowroot starch}. It
said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the
venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrowroot
n 1: a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot
plant
2: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot
starch [syn: {arrowroot}, {American arrowroot}, {obedience
plant}, {Maranta arundinaceae}]
3: canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which
arrowroot starch is obtained [syn: {achira}, {indian shot},
{arrowroot}, {Canna indica}, {Canna edulis}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
arrowroot /ɛrorut/
arrowroot
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