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Definition of Canna edulis
1. Noun. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canna Edulis
Literary usage of Canna edulis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Aug. (no num.). Eggers Fl. 960. 210. Canna lutea Mill. Escaped in gardens at Bassin.
June (no num.). 211. [canna edulis Ker. Eggers Fl. 961. ..."
2. Medicines, their uses and mode of administration by John Moore Neligan (1864)
"canna edulis.—The fecula of the root. Tons lea Mois. The Dublin College introduced
this excellent fecula into the Ma- teria Medica list of their last ..."
3. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"It is believed to be derived from a species known as canna edulis. ... CANNA ACHIRAS,
canna edulis, CANNA SPECIOSA, CANNA STARCH. ..."
4. A Manual of Gardening for Bengal and Upper India by Thomas Augustus Charles Firminger (1874)
"canna edulis. '1 i TS LES MOIS. An article sold in the shops under the name of
Tous les ... Dr. Lindley conjectures it to be the produce of canna edulis. ..."
5. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"West-Indies. Yields, with some other Cannas, the particular arrowroot called Tous
Les Mois. canna edulis. Edwards. ..."
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