indian arrowroot

1. 1.

   perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch

   SynonymspiaTacca leontopetaloidesTacca pinnatifida

   Broaderherb

   Part ofTacca

Questions about indian arrowroot

What does indian arrowroot mean?

indian arrowroot means "perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch".

What is another word for indian arrowroot?

Close synonyms include pia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indian arrowroot a common word?

indian arrowroot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.