Meanings
nounAmerican arrowroot (countable and uncountable, plural American arrowroots)
plural American arrowroots
- countableuncountableAny of several powdered starches, as cornstarch or potato starch.
- countableuncountableA plant of species Trimezia martinicensis (syn. Sisyrinchium galaxoides), of most of the rainforest tropics of the Americas.
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nounSynonym of arrowroot (plant)
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nounwhite-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
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American arrowroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20arrowroot
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“American arrowroot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20arrowroot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “American arrowroot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20arrowroot.
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