noun
- A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
- White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.
- synonyms: American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
- Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
- synonyms: achira, indian shot, Canna indica, Canna edulis
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