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INDIAN SHOT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does indian shot mean?

• INDIAN SHOT (noun)
The noun INDIAN SHOT has 1 sense:

1. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

Familiarity information: INDIAN SHOT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INDIAN SHOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

achira; Canna edulis; Canna indica; indian shot; arrowroot

Hypernyms ("indian shot" is a kind of...):

canna (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)

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