Associations to the word «Arrowroot»
Noun
- Starch
- Yam
- Flour
- Barley
- Pint
- Potato
- Pudding
- Maize
- Biscuit
- Broth
- Asthma
- Banana
- Asbestos
- Arthropod
- Jelly
- Boil
- Cocoa
- Milk
- Doherty
- Clot
- Arthritis
- Sugar
- Sauce
- Boiling
- Lemon
- Wheat
- Atkins
- Dessert
- Beef
- Cream
- Sulfate
- Paste
- Autism
- Cultivation
- Rice
- Juice
- Corn
- Barbados
- Poisoning
- Laurel
- Ounce
- Crop
- Soup
- Powder
- Peel
- Bean
- Onion
- Artery
- Bark
- Butter
- Ingredient
- Stir
- Pi
- Gale
- Tea
- Mapping
- Astronomy
- Recipe
- Extract
- Mixture
- Reproduction
- Quantity
- Artifact
- Archaeology
- Root
- Nut
- Export
- Ass
- Salt
- Worm
- Mix
- Valve
- Pepper
- Seed
- Plant
Adjective
Wiktionary
ARROWROOT, noun. A large perennial herb (Maranta arundinacea - family Marantaceae) native to the Caribbean area. It has large green leaves about 15 centimeters long with white stripes.
ARROWROOT, noun. (uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the roots of the arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
Dictionary definition
ARROWROOT, noun. A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
ARROWROOT, noun. White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.
ARROWROOT, noun. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
Wise words
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