obedience plant

obedience plant
noun
white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
Hypernyms: ↑maranta

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  • Maranta arundinacea — Arrowroot Ar row*root , n. 1. (Bot.) A white flowered west Indian plant of the genus {Maranta}, esp. {Maranta arundinacea}, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields {arrowroot starch}. It said that the Indians used the roots to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Maranta arundinacea — Arrowroot Ar row*root , n. 1. (Bot.) A white flowered west Indian plant of the genus {Maranta}, esp. {Maranta arundinacea}, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields {arrowroot starch}. It said that the Indians used the roots to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • American arrowroot — noun white flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑arrowroot, ↑obedience plant, ↑Maranta arundinaceae • Hypernyms: ↑maranta …   Useful english dictionary

  • maranta — noun any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑arrowroot, ↑American arrowroot, ↑obedience plant, ↑Maranta arundinaceae …   Useful english dictionary

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