arrowroot

arrowroot is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
2. noun. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
3. noun. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

   Synonyms: achira

4. noun. white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
5. noun. a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant

Synonyms

achira

Common word forms

arrowroots

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