| 单词 | indian arrowroot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian arrowroot 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. < as lemmas |
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