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arrowroot
(encz) | arrowroot,maranta třtinová n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
arrowroot
(gcide) | Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
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Arrowroot
(gcide) | Arrowroot \Ar"row*root`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in
many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It
said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the
venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.
[1913 Webster]
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of
Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children
an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other
plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
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arrowroot
(wn) | arrowroot
n 1: a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot
plant
2: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot
starch [syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot, {obedience
plant}, Maranta arundinaceae]
3: canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which
arrowroot starch is obtained [syn: achira, indian shot,
arrowroot, Canna indica, Canna edulis] |
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Arrowroot
(gcide) | Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
[1913 Webster]Arrowroot \Ar"row*root`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in
many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It
said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the
venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.
[1913 Webster]
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of
Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children
an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other
plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
[1913 Webster] |
arrowroot starch
(gcide) | Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and
some species also in India. They have tuberous roots
containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience
plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many
kinds are cultivated for ornament.
[1913 Webster]Arrowroot \Ar"row*root`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus
Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in
many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It
said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the
venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant.
[1913 Webster]
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of
Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children
an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other
plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
[1913 Webster] |
american arrowroot
(wn) | American arrowroot
n 1: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields
arrowroot starch [syn: arrowroot, American arrowroot,
obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae] |
arrowroot family
(wn) | arrowroot family
n 1: tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
[syn: Marantaceae, family Marantaceae, {arrowroot
family}] |
florida arrowroot
(wn) | Florida arrowroot
n 1: small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and
Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot [syn:
coontie, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, {Zamia
pumila}] |
indian arrowroot
(wn) | Indian arrowroot
n 1: perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia;
cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite
arrowroot starch [syn: pia, Indian arrowroot, {Tacca
leontopetaloides}, Tacca pinnatifida] |
otaheite arrowroot
(wn) | Otaheite arrowroot
n 1: a starch obtained from the root of the pia [syn: {Otaheite
arrowroot}, Otaheite arrowroot starch] |
otaheite arrowroot starch
(wn) | Otaheite arrowroot starch
n 1: a starch obtained from the root of the pia [syn: {Otaheite
arrowroot}, Otaheite arrowroot starch] |
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