arrurruz

Definitions of arrurruz
  1. noun
    canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
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    type of:
    cañacoro
    any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
  2. noun
    white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
  3. noun
    a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
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    type of:
    almidón, fécula
    a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
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