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AMERICAN ARROWROOT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does American arrowroot mean?

• AMERICAN ARROWROOT (noun)
The noun AMERICAN ARROWROOT has 1 sense:

1. white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

Familiarity information: AMERICAN ARROWROOT used as a noun is very rare.

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• AMERICAN ARROWROOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; obedience plant; arrowroot

Hypernyms ("American arrowroot" is a kind of...):

maranta (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)

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