Definition of Maranta arundinaceae

1. Noun. White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.

Exact synonyms: American Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Obedience Plant
Generic synonyms: Maranta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maranta Arundinaceae

Maquis
Maquisard
Mar.
Mara
Maracaibo
Maracan language
Maracay
Maraco
Maradonaesque
Maragoli
Marah
Maranhão
Maranon's sign
Maranon's syndrome
Marans
Maranta arundinaceae
Marantaceae
Marasmius
Marasmius oreades
Marat
Maratha
Marathas
Marathi
Marathons
Marattia
Marattia salicina
Marattiaceae
Marattiales
Marburg disease
Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Literary usage of Maranta arundinaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Martin's Natural History: Containing Two Hundred and Sixty-two Beautifully by F. Martin (1874)
"Arrow Root (maranta arundinaceae) is shrub-like; branches forked; leaves lanceolate ; flowers paniculate, standing in sixes. Cultivated largely in South ..."

2. Lectures on Pharmacy by Carl Svante Nicanor Hallberg (1905)
"From the root of maranta arundinaceae. Canna.—From the rhizome of Canna edulis. Cassava.—Brazilian Arrow Root, from the root of Manihot utilissima. Tapioca. ..."

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