OTAHEITE ARROWROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Otaheite arrowroot mean? 

• OTAHEITE ARROWROOT (noun)
  The noun OTAHEITE ARROWROOT has 1 sense:

1. a starch obtained from the root of the pia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OTAHEITE ARROWROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A starch obtained from the root of the pia

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Otaheite arrowroot; Otaheite arrowroot starch

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

amylum; starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)