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noun

Arrowroot n.

(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.

Synonyms: arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.

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.

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Etymology of 'Arrowroot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Arrowroot" Quotes from Famous Books

... from which the excess of Oil has been removed. It has three times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more economical. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthening, easily digested, and admirably adapted for invalids as well ...

— Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. - A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside • Various

... answer as well as the original article and do Imogen just as much good. She cooked the nicest little sick-room messes, giving them variety by cunningly devised flavors, and she originated cooling drinks out of sago and arrowroot and tamarinds and fruit juices and ice, which Imogen would take when she refused everything else. Her lightness of touch and bright, equable calmness were unfailing. Dr. Hope said she would make the ...

— In the High Valley - Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series • Susan Coolidge

Words linked to "Arrowroot" : Maranta arundinaceae, Canna indica, maranta, starch, Otaheite arrowroot, Florida arrowroot, amylum, Otaheite arrowroot starch, arrowroot family, Canna edulis, Indian arrowroot, obedience plant, indian shot, American arrowroot, canna