arrowroot

/ˈɛɹoʊɹˌut/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
2. white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
3. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained

Synonyms for arrowroot

• American arrowroot
• obedience plant
• Maranta arundinaceae
• achira
• indian shot
• Canna indica
• Canna edulis

Words that rhyme with arrowroot

• shoot
• root
• suit
• boot
• salute
• substitute
• acute
• execute
• absolute
• commute
• fruit
• hoot
• mute
• recruit
• route
• attribute
• constitute
• dispute
• flute
• loot
• moot
• pursuit
• brute
• chute
• convolute
• dilute
• institute
• overshoot
• prosecute
• toot