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Meaning of arrowroot in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɛroʊˌrut/
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Noun
arrowroot
Etymology
late 17th century: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally ‘meal of meals’) by association with arrow and root, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds
Definitions
1.
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
2.
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
3.
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained