arrowroot

Etymology
From, influenced by because the plant’s “roots” (more accurately rhizomes) are used on wounds from poison darts to absorb the poison.

Noun

 * 1)   from the  family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
 * 2)  Usually preceded by an  word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as  (Florida arrowroot) or  var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
 * 3)  A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
 * 1)  Usually preceded by an  word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as  (Florida arrowroot) or  var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
 * 2)  A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
 * 1)  A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
 * 1)  A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.

Translations

 * Bikol Central:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Pfeilwurz
 * Greek: μαραντία
 * Hiligaynon: aroró
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: ararút
 * Italian: maranta arundinacea
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: maranta trzcinowa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: maranta
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: maranta, sagú,, planta obediente
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: aruro
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: mì tinh, dong củ
 * Volapük: rorudaplan
 * Welsh: saethwraidd


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Pfeilwurzelmehl, Arrowroot
 * Greek: μαραντάμυλον
 * Irish: ararút
 * Italian: amido di maranta arundinacea
 * Malay:
 * Maori: ararūtu
 * Polish: mąka ararutowa
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: almidón de maranta, almidón de sagú, almidón de guapo, almidón de planta obediente, sagú
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: