Noun:

ஒருவகை உணவு மாவு தயாரக்க உதவும் கிழங்கையுடைய தாவரம்,

arrowroot's Usage Examples:

Besides fruits of nearly all kinds there are cultivated in the low moist regions the sugar-cane, the tea, coffee and tobacco plants, arrowroot, cayenne pepper, cotton, 'c.

Thickeners, like arrowroot powder or cornstarch, are substitutes for recipes calling for gelatin.

The underground stems (rhizomes or tubers) are rich in starch; from that of Arum maculatum Portland arrowroot was formerly extensively prepared by pounding with water and then straining; the starch was deposited from the strained liquid.

arrowroot powder dissolved in about 2 ounces of water.

Among the food-giving plants are rice - the staff of life to the majority of the Malagasy - in many varieties, maize, millet, manioc, yams,;sweet-potatoes, arrowroot, which is largely used by the western tribes - as well as numerous vegetables, many of them of foreign introduction.

slake the arrowroot in a little water and using a whisk mix little by little until you have a sauce consistency.

The mild climate assists the growth of esculent plants and roots; and a considerable trade is carried on with New York, principally in onions, early potatoes, tomatoes, and beetroot, together with lily bulbs, cut flowers and some arrowroot.

Oranges, lemons, grapes, passion fruit, figs, pine-apples, guavas and other fruits grow abundantly; while potatoes, onions, maize and arrowroot can be cultivated.

Agricultural products are wheat, millet, Indian corn, pulse, arrowroot and many varieties of fruits and vegetables.

The bread-fruit, sago, banana, vanilla, ginger, arrowroot and curcuma grow wild.

The natives use no grain or pulse, but make a kind of bread (mandrai) from this, the taro, and other roots, as well as from the banana (which is the best), the bread-fruit, the ivi, the kavika, the arrowroot, and in times of scarcity the mangrove.

The island produces sweet potatoes, yams, melons, bananas and other fruits, arrowroot and coffee.

Synonyms:

maranta, American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant,

Antonyms:

loosen,