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Definition of Arrowroots
1. arrowroot [n] - See also: arrowroot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrowroots
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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