- Otaheite arrowroot starch
- nouna starch obtained from the root of the pia• Syn: ↑Otaheite arrowroot
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Otaheite arrowroot starch
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Otaheite arrowroot — noun a starch obtained from the root of the pia • Syn: ↑Otaheite arrowroot starch • Hypernyms: ↑starch, ↑amylum * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized O : a starch obtained from the root of the pia; … Useful english dictionary
arrowroot — /ar oh rooht , root /, n. 1. a tropical American plant, Maranta arundinacea, the rhizomes of which yield a nutritious starch. 2. the starch itself. 3. any of several other plants yielding a similar starch. 4. the starch of these plants, used in… … Universalium
Indian arrowroot — noun perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑pia, ↑Tacca leontopetaloides, ↑Tacca pinnatifida • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • … Useful english dictionary
amylum — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
pia — noun perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑Indian arrowroot, ↑Tacca leontopetaloides, ↑Tacca pinnatifida • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
Tacca leontopetaloides — noun perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑pia, ↑Indian arrowroot, ↑Tacca pinnatifida • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holony … Useful english dictionary
Tacca pinnatifida — noun perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑pia, ↑Indian arrowroot, ↑Tacca leontopetaloides • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Mem … Useful english dictionary
