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Definition of Achira
1. Noun. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
Definition of Achira
1. Noun. The root vegetable ''Canna edulis'', a variety of arrowroot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Achira
Literary usage of Achira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"... productions applicable to human sustenance, especially to the roots which
yield the farinaceous starch of the South Sea islanders, to the achira of ..."
2. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1894)
"The copious Rio achira (Chini), which reaches the bay of Paita some 12 miles
farther north, yields an abundance of water, conveyed to the town by an ..."
3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1867)
"... -achira,' ie tall ' achira,' this being the name of various species of Canna,
in Peru. (See Clements K. Markham, ' Contributions towards a Grammar and ..."
4. Kuaiwa Hen: Twenty-five Exercises in the Yedo Colloquial, for the Use of by Ernest Mason Satow (1873)
"achira, there, often used to denote foreign countries in distinction to this ...
achira no da is perh. elliptical for ima itta no wa achira no da ; those I ..."
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