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| ar·row·root [ árrō rt ] (plural ar·row·root or ar·row·roots) |
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1. starch: edible starch obtained from the rhizomes of a tropical plant. Use: thickener for clear sauces, in cookies.
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2. Central American plant: a plant with rhizomes that yield arrowroot. Native to: tropical Central America. Latin name Maranta arundinacea.
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3. edible rhizome: the edible rhizome of the arrowroot plant
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| [Late 17th century. By folk etymology < Arawak aru-aru "meal of meals"; from its use to absorb poison from arrow wounds] |
