Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arrowroot

3 senses of arrowroot

Sense 1
arrowroot -- (a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant)
       => starch, amylum -- (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)

Sense 2
arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant, Maranta arundinaceae -- (white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch)
       => maranta -- (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)

Sense 3
achira, indian shot, arrowroot, Canna indica, Canna edulis -- (canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained)
       => canna -- (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)