1. (

• arrowroot

) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant ;

2. (

• arrowroot ,
• American_arrowroot ,
• obedience_plant ,
• Maranta_arundinaceae

) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch ;

3. (

• achira ,
• indian_shot ,
• arrowroot ,
• Canna_indica ,
• Canna_edulis

) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained ;