Definition of Otaheite arrowroot

1. Noun. A starch obtained from the root of the pia.

Exact synonyms: Otaheite Arrowroot Starch
Generic synonyms: Amylum, Starch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Otaheite Arrowroot

Ostwald's theory of indicators
Ostyak
Ostyak-Samoyed
Oswald
Oswald Spengler
Oswald Veblen
Oswaldo
Oswego teas
Ot3
Ota's nevus
Otago
Otaheite
Otaheite apple
Otaheite apples
Otaheite arrowroot (current term)
Otaheite arrowroot starch
Otaria
Otaria Byronia
Otariidae
Othello
Othello syndrome
Other Side
Otherworld
Otherworlds
Othman
Othman I
Othmans
Otho I
Otides

Literary usage of Otaheite arrowroot

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

1. Food: Its Adulterations, and the Methods for Their Detection by Arthur Hill Hassall (1876)
"... after the chief of which, Tahiti or Otaheite, it is usually designated. Tg n n. TACCA arrowroot, called usually Tahiti or Otaheite arrowroot. ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Otaheite arrowroot is the starch of Tacca (qv) pinnatifida. All these as well as cornstarch—the starch of ..."

3. A Compendium of Food-microscopy with Sections on Drugs, Water, and Tobacco by Edwy Godwin Clayton, Arthur Hill Hassall (1909)
"... sometimes invisible ; is at the narrow or pointed extremity of each granule. Fig. 49. (D) TACCA, TAHITI, OR Otaheite arrowroot (Tacea pinnatifida, fam. ..."

4. Madagascar: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island and Its by Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1886)
"... and cultivated at Tamatave, as well as the so-called Otaheite arrowroot (Tatca pinnatifida), known in Mauritius as ..."

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