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OTAHEITE ARROWROOT STARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Otaheite arrowroot starch mean? 

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

1. a starch obtained from the root of the piaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OTAHEITE ARROWROOT STARCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A starch obtained from the root of the pia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Otaheite arrowroot; Otaheite arrowroot starch

Hypernyms ("Otaheite arrowroot starch" 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)


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