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  1. arrowroots: Merriam-Webster
  2. arrowroots: Vocabulary.com
  3. arrowroots: Wiktionary
  4. arrowroots: Dictionary.com
  5. arrowroots: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. arrowroots: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. arrowroots: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (arrowroot)

noun:  (countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
noun:  (uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
▸ Also see arrowroot


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