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Indian Arrowroot

Definition: Indian Arrowroot

Indian Arrowroot

Noun

1. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Indian Arrowroot

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Literature

Indian Arrowroot The root which the Indians apply to arrow-wounds to neutralise the venom of the arrow. They mash the meal, and apply it as a poultice. (Miller.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Indian Arrowroot

Synonym: pia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Indian Arrowroot

English words defined with "Indian arrowroot": American arrowroot, arrowrootMaranta arundinaceaeobedience plantScitamineous. (references)

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Modern Translations: Indian Arrowroot

Language Translations for "Indian arrowroot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

arrowroot fra Toloman (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrowroot fra Indien (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot), arrowroot fra Antillerne (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pijlwortel uit Queensland (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), pijlwortel uit Indië (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot), pijlwortel uit de Antillen (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrowroot uit Queensland (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrow-root uit Indië (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot), arrowroot uit de Antillen (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

French

  

arrow-root des Antilles (West Indian arrowroot), arrow-root de tous les mois (West Indian arrowroot), arrow-root de Toloman (West Indian arrowroot), arrow-root de l'Inde (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

German

  

westindischer arrowroot (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αρραρούτη όλων των μηνών (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), αρραρούτη των Αντιλλών (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), αρραρούτη της Ινδίας (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot), αρραρούτη του Toloman (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

Italian

  

arrow-root indiana (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot), arrow-root di tutti i mesi (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrow-root di Toloman (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrowroot delle Antille (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

indianay arrowrootay

   

Portuguese

  

araruta-das-antilhas (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), araruta-da-índia (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

arrurruz de Tolman (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrurruz de Queensland (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrurruz de las Antillas (Queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois arrowroot, Tulema arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot), arrurruz de India (East India arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Indian Arrowroot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-i-n-n-o-o-o-r-r-r-t-w"

-5 letters: irradiator, ordination.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Indian Arrowroot


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 64 69 61 6E      41 72 72 6F 77 72 6F 6F 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100100 01101001 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000001 01110010 01110010 01101111 01110111 01110010 01101111 01101111 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#100 &#105 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#65 &#114 &#114 &#111 &#119 &#114 &#111 &#111 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0064 0069 0061 006E      0041 0072 0072 006F 0077 0072 006F 006F 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4380707567802358484818984818186

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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