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ARROW-ROOT

\ˈaɹə͡ʊɹˈuːt], \ˈaɹə‍ʊɹˈuːt], \ˈa_ɹ_əʊ_ɹ_ˈuː_t]\

Definitions of ARROW-ROOT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Nutrient starch from rhizome of Maranta arundinacea, eta

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Starch of the tuberous root-stock of maranta, especially Arundinacea of W. Indies. Ord. Marantaceae. The native Indians used it with success against the poison of their arrows ; hence the name.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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