Synonyms:
achira, indian_shot, arrowroot, Canna_indica, Canna_edulis
Meaning: canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
Synonyms:
arrowroot, American_arrowroot, obedience_plant, Maranta_arundinaceae
Meaning: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
Synonyms:
arrowroot
Meaning: a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
Usage examples
"De Guest," said the colonel, "I think I'll go upstairs; I always have a little arrowroot in my own room."