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Thickening starch once used by American Indians to heal wounds
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arrowroot
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, from arrow + root (n.). So called because it was used to absorb toxins from poison-dart wounds.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Arrowroot is a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock) of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea , but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia , and tapioca from cassava ( Manihot esculenta ), which is often labelled as ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maranta \Ma*ran"ta\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species ( Maranta arundinacea , the American arrowroot ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A gift of arrowroot is returned. ▪ Blend together the arrowroot and brandy. ▪ Blend together the arrowroot and one tablespoon of the orange juice and set aside. ▪ Bring to the boil and slowly add the arrowroot mixture, stirring ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A large perennial herb ((taxlink Maranta arundinacea species noshow=1) - family ''(taxlink Marantaceae family noshow=1)'') native to the Caribbean area. It has large green leaves about 15 centimeters long with white stripes. 2 (context uncountable ...
Usage examples of arrowroot.
He made a pot of tea, each action following the next in the same, methodical routine, and took a cup, with an arrowroot biscuit, in to Elsa, who needed to eat and drink on waking, because of her diabetes.
Here, on the floodplains and in the seasonal swamps, the well-watered, silty soil supported many annuals, herbs, legumes, vines, lilies, and arrowroots.
Pia maohi, or wild arrowroot, indigenous to all the volcanic islands of the Pacific, was here, valuable for making the native puddings of which the white men soon grew fond.
Then with regard to nourishment, he would be inclined already to shove in a leetle stimulant, a thimbleful perhaps four times a day with food--not without--mixed with an egg, with arrowroot, with custard.
Miss Jessie up a basin of delicately-made arrowroot, and stood over her like a dragoon until the last spoonful was finished: then she disappeared.
Portland Arrowroot was formerly obtained from Arum maculatum, but it was acrid and not very satisfactory.
He was looking north to Quidnet across the ash-black remains of the arrowroot and scrub oak thickets Angelica Brand's people had cleared, over the water to the low barrier beach that separated the pond from the ocean.
The true starch of the Mandioca is known to commerce as Brazilian arrowroot, and this, after heating on hot plates and stirring with an iron rod, becomes tapioca.
Brazilian Arrowroot, or Tapioca Meal, is obtained from Manihot utilissima (bitter) and M.
Chinese Arrowroot is said to be from the tubers of Nelumbium speciosum.
This starch of the root, after repeated washing, makes a kind of arrowroot, formerly much prepared in the Isle of Portland, and sold as an article of food under the name of Portland Sago, or Portland arrowroot, but now obsolete.
On tables and benches and sturdy metal racks stand hundreds of terra-cotta pots and plastic trays in which she cultivates tarragon and thyme, angelica and arrowroot, chervil and cardamom and coriander and chicory, spearmint and sweet cicely, ginseng, hyssop, balm and basil, marjoram and mint and mullein, dill, fennel, rosemary, chamomile, tansy.