Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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arrowroot | Yes | No | No | No |
starch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
arrowroot (noun) | starch (noun) |
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white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch | 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 |
canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering |
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant |
arrowroot (verb) | starch (verb) |
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stiffen with starch |