[
UK
/ˈæɹəʊɹˌuːt/
]
[ US /ˈɛɹoʊˌɹut/ ]
[ US /ˈɛɹoʊˌɹut/ ]
NOUN
- white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
- a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
- canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
How To Use arrowroot In A Sentence
- Blend together the arrowroot and one tablespoon of the orange juice and set aside.
- Bring to the boil and slowly add the arrowroot mixture, stirring constantly until the sauce has thickened.
- Mix the arrowroot with a little water, add to the sauce in the pan and bring to the boil stirring continuously.
- The term arrowroot is said to be derived from the fact that the natives of the West Indies use the roots of the plant as an application to wounds made by poison arrows. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
- Exportscommodities: bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Exportscommodities: bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Mix the arrowroot with a little water, add to the sauce in the pan and bring to the boil stirring continuously.
- Mix the arrowroot with one teaspoon of cold water and stir into the syrup along with the shreds.
- Saint Vincent is a major world producer of arrowroot.
- The latest dates for the information on arrowroot, cocoa and nutmeg were 1961, 1984 and 1993, respectively.
