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Noun: Indian arrowroot
  1. Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
    "Indian arrowroot is an important food crop in some Pacific Island cultures";
    - pia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Tacca, Tacca