arrow¹ /arˈō/

1. A straight, pointed missile, made to be shot from a bow
2. Any arrow-shaped mark or object
3. (in pl) darts (informal)
4. The chief shoot of a plant (obsolete)
5. Specif the flowering stem of the sugar-cane

To indicate or show the position of, by an arrow

arrˈowed adjective

Marked or patterned with arrow shapes

arrˈowy adjective

Of or like arrows

arrˈow-grass noun

A grass of the genus of marsh plants (genus Triglochin) whose burst capsule is like an arrowhead

arrˈowhead noun

1. The head or pointed part of an arrow
2. Anything resembling this in shape
3. An aquatic plant (Sagittaria sagittifolia) of the Alismaceae, with arrow-shaped leaves

arrˈow-headed adjective

Shaped like the head of an arrow

arrˈow-poison noun

Poison smeared on arrowheads

arrˈowroot noun

1. A West Indian plant, Maranta arundinacea or other species
2. Its rhizome, orig used in S America as an antidote to arrow-poison
3. A nutritious starch from the rhizome, now esp in powdered form used as a thickener, etc
4. Extended to other plants and their starch (see Portland)

arrˈow-shot noun

The range of an arrow

arrˈowwood noun

Species of the genus Viburnum (esp V. dentatum) or other shrubs or trees formerly used by Native Americans to make arrows

arrˈowworm noun

Any of various small wormlike marine animals of the phylum Chaetognatha with an arrow-shaped, finned transparent body

• Acalepha
• Acalephae
• acalephan
• acalephans
• acalephe
• acalephes
• acalephs
• acamprosate
• acamprosates
• acanaceous
• acanth
• acantha
• Acanthaceae
• acanthaceous
• Acanthamoeba
• acanthas
• acanthi
• acanthin
• acanthine
• acanthins
• Acanthocephala
• acanthocephalan
• acanthoid
• acanthopterygian
• acanthous