arrowroot
n 1: a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot
plant
2: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot
starch [syn: American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta
arundinaceae]
3: canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which
arrowroot starch is obtained [syn: achira, indian shot,
Canna indica, Canna edulis]