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arrowroot (iou)



arrowroot noun. L17.
[Alt. of Arawak aru-aru lit. 'meal of meals', by assim. to ARROW noun and ROOT noun1, the tubers having been used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.]
A plant of the genus Maranta, esp. the W. Indian M. arundinacea with fleshy tuberous rhizomes. L17.
Pure edible starch prepared from the tubers of M. arundinacea, or from other plants. E19.
PORTLAND arrowroot. TAHITI arrowroot.