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ACHIRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does achira mean?
• ACHIRA (noun)
The noun ACHIRA has 1 sense:
1. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
Familiarity information: ACHIRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("achira" is a kind of...):
canna (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)
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