1. (noun) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

• american arrowroot
• maranta arundinaceae
• obedience plant

2. (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

• achira
• canna edulis
• canna indica
• indian shot

1. (noun) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant

• amylum
• starch

2. (noun) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

• maranta

3. (noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

• canna