arrowroot

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1. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	canna,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers (noun.plant)

2. white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	maranta,
definition	:	any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves (noun.plant)

3. a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	amylum, starch,
definition	:	a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles (noun.substance)