CANNA EDULIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Canna edulis mean? 

• CANNA EDULIS (noun)
  The noun CANNA EDULIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CANNA EDULIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNA EDULIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Canna edulis" is a kind of...):

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