Definition of Arrowroots

1. Noun. (plural of arrowroot) ¹

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Definition of Arrowroots

1. arrowroot [n] - See also: arrowroot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrowroots

arrowed
arrowes
arrowhead
arrowheaded
arrowheads
arrowing
arrowleaf
arrowleaf groundse
arrowleaf groundsel
arrowless
arrowlike
arrowroot
arrowroot family
arrowroots (current term)
arrows
arrowslit
arrowslits
arrowsmith
arrowsmiths
arrowwood
arrowwoods
arrowworm
arrowworms
arrowy
arroyo
arroyo willow
arroyos
arroz con pollo

Literary usage of Arrowroots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adulterations Detected; Or, Plain Instructions for the Discovery of Frauds by Arthur Hill Hassall (1857)
"the other arrowroots; the tubers are pounded in a mortar, the pulp repeatedly washed, and the water subsequently strained. As the tubers are very acrid, ..."

2. Food: Its Adulterations, and the Methods for Their Detection by Arthur Hill Hassall (1876)
"The mode of its preparation is very similar to that adopted witb the other arrowroots ; the tubers are pounded in a mortar, the pui? repeatedly washed, ..."

3. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"The starch granules of the potato, of the arrowroots, of wheat and of rye, ... These bands may be very marked (as in potato, corn, arrowroots) or quite ..."

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