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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN ARROWROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American arrowroot; arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; obedience plant

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

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