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Arrowroot   /ˈɛroʊrˌut/   Listen
Arrowroot

noun
1.
A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
2.
White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.  Synonyms: American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant.
3.
Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.  Synonyms: achira, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot.



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"Arrowroot" Quotes from Famous Books



... flour for children, arrowroot, mondanin, cereal flour of every kind, especially oats, groat soups with tapioca or sago and ...
— Valere Aude - Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration • Louis Dechmann

... can understand those things," said Alvina. "I can't understand why I dislike tapioca and arrowroot—but I do." ...
— The Lost Girl • D. H. Lawrence

... it's all right," said the earl; "but I shouldn't like to drink negus myself, nor yet to have arrowroot up in my bedroom." ...
— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope

... pounds 7 shillings O pence) is considerably the largest contribution ever made by Mangaia to the funds of our Society; the reason is, that I have this year obtained a better price for the arrowroot. I feel deeply thankful that our people have steadily persevered in their offerings to God, notwithstanding the accumulated misfortunes produced by three hurricanes in two years, ...
— Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society • Various

... cakes and yellow cakes, frosted cakes, glazed cakes, hearts and rounds, and jumbles, which playful youth slip over the forefinger before spoiling their annular outline. There were moulds of blo'monje, of the arrowroot variety,—that being undistinguishable from such as is made with Russia isinglass. There were jellies, that had been shaking, all the time the young folks were dancing in the next room, as if they were balancing to partners. There were built-up fabrics, ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 30, April, 1860 • Various


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