Noun: arrowroot 'er-ow,root [N. Amer], 'a-row,root [Brit]
- White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
"They processed the arrowroot to make a fine cooking powder";
- American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae
- A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
"She used arrowroot to thicken the sauce without changing its flavour"
- Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
"arrowroot is an important crop in some parts of South America";
- achira, indian shot, Canna indica, Canna edulis
Derived forms: arrowroots
Type of: amylum, canna, maranta, starch
Encyclopedia: Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt