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Tahiti|tɑːˈhiːtɪ|
The name of an island in Polynesia used attrib. in Tahiti arrow-root, a starchy powder made from the tubers of Tacca pinnatifida; Tahiti chestnut = ivi.
1861Tahiti arrow-root [see Otaheitean a. and n.]. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 664/2 Tahiti chestnut. Inocarpus edulis. S. Sea Islands. 1974G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 319/1 Polynesian Chestnut, Tahiti Chestnut... The seeds are..eaten raw or cooked. Ibid. 564/1 The tuber yields a rather indigestible arrowroot (Fiji Arrowroot, Tahiti Arrowroot,..). |