arrowrootn.

Brit.

/ˈarə(ʊ)ruːt/, U.S.

/ˈɛroʊˌrut/

Forms: 1600s– arrowroot, 1900s– arraroot (rare), 1900s– aruroot (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: arrow n., root n.¹

Etymology: < arrow n. + root n.¹, apparently so called on account of the use made of the fleshy tubers of this plant to draw poison from wounds, especially those caused by poisoned arrows (see quot. 1696 at sense 1a). The first element perhaps results from folk-etymological alteration of the name of the plant (or the starch derived from it) in a language of the Caribbean (compare e.g. Arawak haro kind of starch, Sranan aroeroe arrowroot). Compare French herbe aux flèches (1654 as †herbe aux flesches), which may have been a further influence, unless it is itself after English (in which case it would imply earlier currency). With Indian arrowroot (compare quots. 1696 at sense 1a, 1707 at sense 1a, 1788-9 at sense 1a) compare earlier Indian reed n.

a. More fully Indian arrowroot. A large perennial herb native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies, Maranta arundinacea (family Marantaceae), which has lanceolate leaves and clusters of small white flowers, and is widely cultivated for its white tuberous roots which yield an edible starch. Also: the root of this plant. Cf. Maranta n. (a).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them

skirret-root1565

Spanish nut1597

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

sisyrinchium1629

sedge-root1648

arrowroot1681

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

native potato1833

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

tobacco-root1845

amadumbi1851

chufa1860

yam-bean1864

parsnip chervil1866

tiger-nut1887

yautia1899

wasabi1903

1681 W. Stapleton Let. 16 Aug. in Cal. State Papers Amer. & W. Indies (1898) XI. 101 Instead of applying the juice of the Indian arrow-root to him, one of them, who spoke good English.., staved his brains out with his own axe.

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 122 Canna Indica radice alba alexipharmaca. L'herbe aux fleches, Du Tertre p. 90, Rochef. p. 130. An yerva que con el sumo de su rayz remedia la ponsonna de las mansanillas ponsonnosas,..Lop. de Gomara, cap. 71. hist. gen... Cyperus longus inodorus quartus, seu radix contra venenatas sagittas. C. B. pin. p. 14?..Indian arrow root.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados viii. 221 The Arrow-Root; Lat. Maranta. This is a very useful Plant, both physically and otherwise.

1788–9 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. I. 224 Indian Arrow-root is the same with the maranta. It is esteemed a sovereign remedy against the bite of wasps, and the poison of the manchineel tree.

1795 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 3) I. 145 I have been lately informed, that the powder of arrow root, boiled in milk, is second to none.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 786 Maranta arundinacea, Arrow-root, is a native of the West Indies.

1883 F. Pogson Man. Agric. for India xvi. 198 Arrowroot will not grow at high elevations above the sea-level in the Himalayas.

1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xv. 435 Arrowroot. Maranta arundinacea... The name arrowroot is derived from the fact that the rhizomes were used by the Indians as an application to wounds inflicted by poisoned arrows.

1993 B. Shacochis Swimming in Volcano xi. 151 Tell Poppi dirt fall down from where de fellas plant arrowroot and break me house.

2012 E. Small Top 100 Exotic Food Plants vii. 52 The true arrowroot is a tropical American perennial herb, growing to 2 m (6 ½ ft.) in height.

b. Any of various other plants, the tuberous roots of which are edible or yield a similar edible starch. Chiefly with distinguishing word.Portland arrowroot, South Sea arrowroot, Tahiti arrowroot: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

springworteOE

clotec1000

halswortc1000

sengreenc1000

bottle?a1200

bird's-tonguea1300

bloodworta1300

faverolea1300

vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

bird's nest?a1425

adder's grassc1450

cockheada1500

ambrosia1525

fleawort1548

son before the father1552

crow-toe1562

basil1578

bird's-foot1578

bloodroot1578

throatwort1578

phalangium1608

yew1653

chalcedon1664

dittany1676

bleeding heart1691

felon-wort1706

hedgehog1712

land caltrops1727

old man's beard1731

loosestrife1760

Solomon's seal1760

fireweed1764

desert rose1792

star of Bethlehem1793

hen and chickens1794

Aaron's beard1820

felon-grass1824

arrowroot1835

snake-root1856

firebush1858

tick-seed1860

bird's eye1863

burning bush1866

rat-tail1871

lamb's earsa1876

lamb's tongue plant1882

tar-weed1884

Tom Thumb1886

parrotbeak1890

stinkweed1932

1835 Southern Agriculturist Oct. 527 Florida Arrowroot (Zamia integrifolia) and a host of other medicinal plants from foreign climes can be raised with success in the environs of our city.

1886 Colonial & Indian Exhib.: Empire of India Special Catal. Exhibits 75 Curcuma angustifolia,... Wild or East Indian Arrowroot. An abundant plant (wild and cultivated) in some parts of India.

1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xv. 440 Canna edulis...is cultivated in Queensland, where it is known as ‘purple arrowroot’, to distinguish it from Maranta arundinacea.

1999 J. H. Wiersema & B. León World Econ. Plants 546/2 Brazilian arrowroot–Manihot esculenta.

2012 J. Bruton-Seal & M. Seal Kitchen Med. (new ed.) 17 The ‘true arrowroot’ is Maranta, but many tubers grown around the tropics and subtropics also known as arrowroot belong in different botanical families.

a. An edible fine-grained starch obtained from the tuberous roots of various plants (esp. Maranta arundinacea), used in cooking and food manufacture as a thickening agent.In early quots., sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2b.

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lear?c1390

liaison1759

arrowroot?1790

roux1793

Tahiti arrow-root1861

filé1885

gumbo filé1978

Oatrim1990

the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > carbohydrates > sugars > polysaccharides > [noun] > starch > types of

arrowroot?1790

lichenin1836

isolichenin1898

Feculose1903

?1790 D. Cox Family Med. Compend. (new ed.) 98 Whey, milk, barley, rice, sago, tapioca, arrow root, and things of a similar quality, compose at first the only allowable nutriment.

1793 G. Wallis Art preventing Dis. 602 The diet should be broths—gruels with a little wine, sago, salop, arrow-root, tapioca.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory 402 Sago, salep, tapioca, arrowroot..are only different modifications of starch.

1822 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory (ed. 3) 541 (note) Arrowroot is the pith of the Maranta arundinacea.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 720 Other descriptions of Arrow-root are furnished by plants belonging to the following genera: Arum, Canna, Curcuma, Jatropha, Tacca.

1959 Listener 11 June 1043/1 The sticky jells given by other starches such as tapioca and arrowroot.

1991 Berkshire Apr. 28/1 [He] eschews wheat flour in his roux in favor of healthier arrowroot.

2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean Gloss. 231/1 Arrowroot, starchy, white powder obtained from the plant of the same name. It is used as a flavorless thickening agent in soups, stews, sauces and glazes.

b. A drink or paste made by mixing this starch with water or milk, often given to infants and invalids. Also: blancmange or milk pudding made with this starch. Now historical and rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > other drinks > [noun]

Galianesc1386

tawnyc1430

Stygian liquor1638

cool-drink1667

pearl julep1680

ambrosia1685

content1699

amazake1727

carrot juice1772

arrowroot1822

fox-whelp1837

Badminton1845

bug juice1889

mahewu1936

Clamato1951

Arnold Palmer1991

Butterbeer1999

boba2000

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > jelly > [noun] > sweet and other jellies

blancmange1377

manger blanc1574

moonshine1608

viper-jelly1702

saloop1712

jelly1728

salep1736

bread jelly1750

hartshorn jelly1769

arrowroot1822

table jelly1830

pineapple jelly1841

fruit-jelly1846

jujube paste1858

sponge1859

stone cream1861

pavlova1911

tracklement1954

1822 Man. Med., Surg. & Midwifery 127 Cool tea, dry toast, arrow root,..and after a few days meat as directed.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 362 They smooth pillows: and make arrow-root: they get up at nights.

1854 Amer. Med. Monthly Oct. 262 Drinks arrow-root freely.

1923 Manch. Guardian 28 Mar. 16 The witness had made some arrowroot.

2010 P. Ollerhead & S. Chambers Foul Deeds around Crewe vii. 72 When her father got home from the works..he said he'd have some arrowroot.

Compounds

a. General attributive.

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1796 True Briton 9 May Arrow Root Bill presented.

1854 Farmer's Mag. June 536/2 The time..required to boil an arrowroot pudding.

1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 192 The refreshment counter, where they sell the arrow-root cakes.

1874 Lancet 23 May 723/2 They..took arrowroot jelly sweetened.

1940 Brit. Red Cross Soc. Cookery & Catering Man. (ed. 4) viii. 97 (heading) Arrowroot Soufflé.

1970 Washington Post 4 June f1/3 Arrowroot tubers and fiddlehead fern buds.

2012 E. Small Top 100 Exotic Food Plants vii. 54 Special-diet cookbooks..are excellent sources of arrowroot recipes.

arrowroot biscuit n.

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1844 Bristol Mercury 30 Nov. 1/5 (advt.) Dodson's patent arrow-root biscuits.

1948 Food Retailing Mag. Mar. 22/3 Other foods mother needs for baby:..zweiback and arrowroot biscuits.

2015 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 17 Jan. 47 Retiring to bed with a glass of milk and an arrowroot biscuit.

arrowroot flour n.

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1797 P. Gibbes Instr. Treatm. Negroes (new ed.) 43 An ounce of the arrow-root flour boiled in a quart of water.

1834 Liverpool Mercury 23 May 169/3 1 pkg arrowroot flour.

1934 Times of India 8 May 3/6 Purchasers of arrowroot flour.

2015 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 10 May c1 The noodles that my wife cooked for me..are made from arrowroot flour.

arrowroot powder n. Quot. ?1790 probably shows a compound having Indian arrow root as the first element.

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?1790 D. Cox Family Med. Compend. (new ed.) 105 Put a desert spoonful of Indian arrow root powder into a bason.]

1797 R. Pearson Pract. Synopsis Materia Alimentaria & Materia Medica II. ii. 16 The starch..sold under the name of Arrow-root powder.

1870 Godey's Lady's Bk. May 473/1 Not quite a tablespoonful of arrowroot powder.

1975 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 21 Nov. (¿Que Pasa? section) 10/1 Blend in arrowroot powder.

2016 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 27 Jan. 3 Arrowroot powder..is used as a thickener in many gluten-free baked products.

arrowroot starch n.

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1796 T. Ryder Some Acct. Maranta 16 One pound of Arrow Root starch is equal to two pounds and a half of the starch prepared from wheat.

1847 Gardeners' Chron. 4 Sept. 589/2 Arrow-root starch had..an artificial value in the market.

1972 R. Corson Fashions in Makeup xv. 355 Rice powder and powdered arrowroot starch were commonly used to remove shine from the skin.

2012 E. Small Top 100 Exotic Food Plants vii. 51 M. arundinacea is the main species used to obtain arrowroot starch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	arrowroot
释义	arrowrootn. Brit. /ˈarə(ʊ)ruːt/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌrut/ Forms: 1600s– arrowroot, 1900s– arraroot (rare), 1900s– aruroot (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: arrow n., root n.¹ Etymology: < arrow n. + root n.¹, apparently so called on account of the use made of the fleshy tubers of this plant to draw poison from wounds, especially those caused by poisoned arrows (see quot. 1696 at sense 1a). The first element perhaps results from folk-etymological alteration of the name of the plant (or the starch derived from it) in a language of the Caribbean (compare e.g. Arawak haro kind of starch, Sranan aroeroe arrowroot). Compare French herbe aux flèches (1654 as †herbe aux flesches), which may have been a further influence, unless it is itself after English (in which case it would imply earlier currency). With Indian arrowroot (compare quots. 1696 at sense 1a, 1707 at sense 1a, 1788-9 at sense 1a) compare earlier Indian reed n. 1. a. More fully Indian arrowroot. A large perennial herb native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies, Maranta arundinacea (family Marantaceae), which has lanceolate leaves and clusters of small white flowers, and is widely cultivated for its white tuberous roots which yield an edible starch. Also: the root of this plant. Cf. Maranta n. (a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them skirret-root1565 Spanish nut1597 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 sisyrinchium1629 sedge-root1648 arrowroot1681 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 native potato1833 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 tobacco-root1845 amadumbi1851 chufa1860 yam-bean1864 parsnip chervil1866 tiger-nut1887 yautia1899 wasabi1903 1681 W. Stapleton Let. 16 Aug. in Cal. State Papers Amer. & W. Indies (1898) XI. 101 Instead of applying the juice of the Indian arrow-root to him, one of them, who spoke good English.., staved his brains out with his own axe. 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 122 Canna Indica radice alba alexipharmaca. L'herbe aux fleches, Du Tertre p. 90, Rochef. p. 130. An yerva que con el sumo de su rayz remedia la ponsonna de las mansanillas ponsonnosas,..Lop. de Gomara, cap. 71. hist. gen... Cyperus longus inodorus quartus, seu radix contra venenatas sagittas. C. B. pin. p. 14?..Indian arrow root. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados viii. 221 The Arrow-Root; Lat. Maranta. This is a very useful Plant, both physically and otherwise. 1788–9 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. I. 224 Indian Arrow-root is the same with the maranta. It is esteemed a sovereign remedy against the bite of wasps, and the poison of the manchineel tree. 1795 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 3) I. 145 I have been lately informed, that the powder of arrow root, boiled in milk, is second to none. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 786 Maranta arundinacea, Arrow-root, is a native of the West Indies. 1883 F. Pogson Man. Agric. for India xvi. 198 Arrowroot will not grow at high elevations above the sea-level in the Himalayas. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xv. 435 Arrowroot. Maranta arundinacea... The name arrowroot is derived from the fact that the rhizomes were used by the Indians as an application to wounds inflicted by poisoned arrows. 1993 B. Shacochis Swimming in Volcano xi. 151 Tell Poppi dirt fall down from where de fellas plant arrowroot and break me house. 2012 E. Small Top 100 Exotic Food Plants vii. 52 The true arrowroot is a tropical American perennial herb, growing to 2 m (6 ½ ft.) in height. b. Any of various other plants, the tuberous roots of which are edible or yield a similar edible starch. Chiefly with distinguishing word.Portland arrowroot, South Sea arrowroot, Tahiti arrowroot: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 1835 Southern Agriculturist Oct. 527 Florida Arrowroot (Zamia integrifolia) and a host of other medicinal plants from foreign climes can be raised with success in the environs of our city. 1886 Colonial & Indian Exhib.: Empire of India Special Catal. Exhibits 75 Curcuma angustifolia,... Wild or East Indian Arrowroot. An abundant plant (wild and cultivated) in some parts of India. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xv. 440 Canna edulis...is cultivated in Queensland, where it is known as ‘purple arrowroot’, to distinguish it from Maranta arundinacea. 1999 J. H. Wiersema & B. León World Econ. Plants 546/2 Brazilian arrowroot–Manihot esculenta. 2012 J. Bruton-Seal & M. Seal Kitchen Med. (new ed.) 17 The ‘true arrowroot’ is Maranta, but many tubers grown around the tropics and subtropics also known as arrowroot belong in different botanical families. 2. a. An edible fine-grained starch obtained from the tuberous roots of various plants (esp. Maranta arundinacea), used in cooking and food manufacture as a thickening agent.In early quots., sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > thickening agent lear?c1390 liaison1759 arrowroot?1790 roux1793 Tahiti arrow-root1861 filé1885 gumbo filé1978 Oatrim1990 the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > carbohydrates > sugars > polysaccharides > [noun] > starch > types of arrowroot?1790 lichenin1836 isolichenin1898 Feculose1903 ?1790 D. Cox Family Med. Compend. (new ed.) 98 Whey, milk, barley, rice, sago, tapioca, arrow root, and things of a similar quality, compose at first the only allowable nutriment. 1793 G. Wallis Art preventing Dis. 602 The diet should be broths—gruels with a little wine, sago, salop, arrow-root, tapioca. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory 402 Sago, salep, tapioca, arrowroot..are only different modifications of starch. 1822 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory (ed. 3) 541 (note) Arrowroot is the pith of the Maranta arundinacea. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 720 Other descriptions of Arrow-root are furnished by plants belonging to the following genera: Arum, Canna, Curcuma, Jatropha, Tacca. 1959 Listener 11 June 1043/1 The sticky jells given by other starches such as tapioca and arrowroot. 1991 Berkshire Apr. 28/1 [He] eschews wheat flour in his roux in favor of healthier arrowroot. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean Gloss. 231/1 Arrowroot, starchy, white powder obtained from the plant of the same name. It is used as a flavorless thickening agent in soups, stews, sauces and glazes. b. A drink or paste made by mixing this starch with water or milk, often given to infants and invalids. Also: blancmange or milk pudding made with this starch. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > other drinks > [noun] Galianesc1386 tawnyc1430 Stygian liquor1638 cool-drink1667 pearl julep1680 ambrosia1685 content1699 amazake1727 carrot juice1772 arrowroot1822 fox-whelp1837 Badminton1845 bug juice1889 mahewu1936 Clamato1951 Arnold Palmer1991 Butterbeer1999 boba2000 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > jelly > [noun] > sweet and other jellies blancmange1377 manger blanc1574 moonshine1608 viper-jelly1702 saloop1712 jelly1728 salep1736 bread jelly1750 hartshorn jelly1769 arrowroot1822 table jelly1830 pineapple jelly1841 fruit-jelly1846 jujube paste1858 sponge1859 stone cream1861 pavlova1911 tracklement1954 1822 Man. Med., Surg. & Midwifery 127 Cool tea, dry toast, arrow root,..and after a few days meat as directed. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 362 They smooth pillows: and make arrow-root: they get up at nights. 1854 Amer. Med. Monthly Oct. 262 Drinks arrow-root freely. 1923 Manch. Guardian 28 Mar. 16 The witness had made some arrowroot. 2010 P. Ollerhead & S. Chambers Foul Deeds around Crewe vii. 72 When her father got home from the works..he said he'd have some arrowroot. Compounds a. General attributive. ΚΠ 1796 True Briton 9 May Arrow Root Bill presented. 1854 Farmer's Mag. June 536/2 The time..required to boil an arrowroot pudding. 1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 192 The refreshment counter, where they sell the arrow-root cakes. 1874 Lancet 23 May 723/2 They..took arrowroot jelly sweetened. 1940 Brit. Red Cross Soc. Cookery & Catering Man. (ed. 4) viii. 97 (heading) Arrowroot Soufflé. 1970 Washington Post 4 June f1/3 Arrowroot tubers and fiddlehead fern buds. 2012 E. Small Top 100 Exotic Food Plants vii. 54 Special-diet cookbooks..are excellent sources of arrowroot recipes. b. arrowroot biscuit n. ΚΠ 1844 Bristol Mercury 30 Nov. 1/5 (advt.) Dodson's patent arrow-root biscuits. 1948 Food Retailing Mag. Mar. 22/3 Other foods mother needs for baby:..zweiback and arrowroot biscuits. 2015 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 17 Jan. 47 Retiring to bed with a glass of milk and an arrowroot biscuit. arrowroot flour n. ΚΠ 1797 P. Gibbes Instr. Treatm. Negroes (new ed.) 43 An ounce of the arrow-root flour boiled in a quart of water. 1834 Liverpool Mercury 23 May 169/3 1 pkg arrowroot flour. 1934 Times of India 8 May 3/6 Purchasers of arrowroot flour. 2015 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 10 May c1 The noodles that my wife cooked for me..are made from arrowroot flour. arrowroot powder n. Quot. ?1790 probably shows a compound having Indian arrow root as the first element. ΚΠ ?1790 D. Cox Family Med. Compend. (new ed.) 105 Put a desert spoonful of Indian arrow root powder into a bason.] 1797 R. Pearson Pract. Synopsis Materia Alimentaria & Materia Medica II. ii. 16 The starch..sold under the name of Arrow-root powder. 1870 Godey's Lady's Bk. May 473/1 Not quite a tablespoonful of arrowroot powder. 1975 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 21 Nov. (¿Que Pasa? section) 10/1 Blend in arrowroot powder. 2016 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 27 Jan. 3 Arrowroot powder..is used as a thickener in many gluten-free baked products. arrowroot starch n. ΚΠ 1796 T. Ryder Some Acct. Maranta 16 One pound of Arrow Root starch is equal to two pounds and a half of the starch prepared from wheat. 1847 Gardeners' Chron. 4 Sept. 589/2 Arrow-root starch had..an artificial value in the market. 1972 R. Corson Fashions in Makeup xv. 355 Rice powder and powdered arrowroot starch were commonly used to remove shine from the skin. 2012 E. Small Top 100 Exotic Food Plants vii. 51 M. arundinacea is the main species used to obtain arrowroot starch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681
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