English-Thai Dictionary
arrowroot
N ต้น สาม สิบ ton-sarm-sib
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARROWROOT
ARROWROOT Ar "row *root `, n.
1. (Bot. )
Defn: A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.
New American Oxford Dictionary
arrowroot
ar row root |ˈarōˌro͞ot, -ˌro͝ot ˈɛroʊˌrut | ▶noun a West Indian herbaceous plant from which a starch is prepared. [Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae. ] • the fine-grained starch obtained from this plant, used in cooking and medicine. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally ‘meal of meals ’) by association with arrow and root 1, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.
Oxford Dictionary
arrowroot
arrow |root |ˈarə (ʊ )ruːt | ▶noun a herbaceous Caribbean plant from which a starch is prepared. ●Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae. • [ mass noun ] the fine-grained starch obtained from arrowroot, used in cookery and medicine. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally ‘meal of meals ’) by association with arrow and root 1, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.
Duden Dictionary
Arrowroot
Ar row root Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈɛroruːt |englisch ; »Pfeilwurzel «1 Pfeilwurz 2 Stärkemehl aus Wurzeln und Knollen bestimmter tropischer Pflanzen z. B. Pfeilwurz, Batate
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
arrowroot
á rrow r ò ot 名詞 1 U くず粉 .2 C 〘植 〙クズウコン 〘熱帯アメリカ原産 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary