1. arrowroot(n = noun.substance) - a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant;
is a kind of amylum, starch
2. arrowroot(n = noun.plant) american arrowroot, maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant - white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch;
is a kind of maranta
3. arrowroot(n = noun.plant) achira, canna edulis, canna indica, indian shot - canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained;
is a kind of canna
1. A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of
arrowroot, n. a plant of the family Marantaceae from which a starch is prepared and used for nutritional and medicinal purposes.
american arrowroot, arrowroot family, florida arrowroot, indian arrowroot, otaheite arrowroot, otaheite arrowroot starch