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Meaning
Noun
●
In Root vegetables, Vegetables & Zingiberales order plants:
Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large
perennial
herb
native
to the Caribbean area with
green
leaves
about 15
centimeters
long.
●
Usually
preceded
by an
attributive
word
: some other
plant
whose
rhizomes
are used to
prepare
a
substance
similar
to
arrowroot
(sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida
arrowroot
) or Pueraria
montana
var
. lobata (Japanese
arrowroot
or kudzu).
●
A
starchy
substance
obtained
from the
rhizomes
of an
arrowroot
plant
used as a thickener.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
arrowroot
English
arrow
English
earh
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
root
English
root
Middle English (1100-1500)
wroten
Middle English (1100-1500)
wrotan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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