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INDIAN ARROWROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian arrowroot mean?
• INDIAN ARROWROOT (noun)
The noun INDIAN ARROWROOT has 1 sense:
1. perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Familiarity information: INDIAN ARROWROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Indian arrowroot; pia; Tacca leontopetaloides; Tacca pinnatifida
Hypernyms ("Indian arrowroot" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("Indian arrowroot" is a member of...):
genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)
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