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ARROWROOT FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrowroot family mean? 

ARROWROOT FAMILY (noun)
  The noun ARROWROOT FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomesplay

  Familiarity information: ARROWROOT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARROWROOT FAMILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arrowroot family; family Marantaceae; Marantaceae

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

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "arrowroot family"):

genus Maranta (herbs of tropical America)

Holonyms ("arrowroot family" is a member of...):

Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)


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