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Indian shot   /ˈɪndiən ʃɑt/   Listen
Indian shot

noun
1.
Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.  Synonyms: achira, arrowroot, Canna edulis, Canna indica.






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"Indian shot" Quotes from Famous Books



... presence by an Indian after the massacre, the latter asked what was to be done with them, to which Lee replied, “They are too old to be spared.” “They are too pretty to be killed,” answered the chief. “Such are my orders,” said Lee, whereupon the Indian shot one, and Lee, dragging the other to ...
— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

... happened. Jack was looking in the direction named, when, with startling suddenness, an Indian shot into sight on the furthest rock, beyond which the canyon made a sweeping curve that shut off further view. His appearance was like the upleaping of a Jack-in-the-box at the touch of the spring, but the explanation ...
— Two Boys in Wyoming - A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) • Edward S. Ellis

... was pouring down upon the village road, at the quiet hour of noon. The wing of the mansion looking toward the garden and park cast its broad shadow over a white and green checkered tile walk and extended out over a large round bed, with a sundial in its centre and a border of Indian shot and rhubarb. Some twenty paces further, and parallel to the wing of the house, there ran a churchyard wall, entirely covered with a small-leaved ivy, except at the place where an opening had been made for a little white iron gate. Behind this arose the shingled tower of ...
— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various



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