AMERICAN ARROWROOT

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Meaning:

White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

Synonyms:

American arrowroot; arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; obedience plant

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Nouns denoting plants

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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