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arrowroot
noun(ar-row-root)
any of a genus (Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot family) of tropical American plants with tuberous roots; especially : one (M. arundinacea) whose roots yield an easily digested edible starch
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noun(ar-row-root)
any of several plants (such as coontie) that yield starch
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noun(ar-row-root)
starch yielded by an arrowroot
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noun(ar-row-root)
any of several tropical American woody cycads (genus Zamia) whose roots and stems yield a starchy foodstuff —called also arrowroot

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