Indian arrowroot
noun
1
a
: a tropical American arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
b
: starch from this arrowroot
called also West Indian arrowroot
2
[Indian entry 2 1]
a
: a stemless perennial herb (Tacca leontopetaloides) widely cultivated in the tropics for its starchy tuberous rootstock
b
: starch from this plant
called also East Indian arrowroot
Word History
Etymology
Indian entry 2 2
- burdensomely
- burdensomeness
- burdensomenesses
- burdie
- burdies
- burdock
- burdock root
- burdocks
- burds
- bure
- bureau
- Bureau print
- bureaucracies
- bureaucracy
- bureaucrat
- bureaucratese
- bureaucrateses
- bureaucratic
- bureaucratically
- bureaucratisation
- bureaucratisations
- bureaucratise
- bureaucratised
- bureaucratises
- bureaucratising