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Definition of Tacca pinnatifida
1. Noun. Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Tacca, Tacca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacca Pinnatifida
Literary usage of Tacca pinnatifida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Starch from tacca pinnatifida Forst, in polarized light. 5. Starch from Tacca
pinnatifida Forst. 6. Same in polarized light. PLATE III. FIG. 7. ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"In some parts of Polynesia, India, and in parts of tropical Africa, Tacca
pinnatifida is an important food plant and considerable attention is given to its ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1887)
"tacca pinnatifida, Roxb. Nat. ... tubers of tacca pinnatifida afford the South
sea Arrowroot, said to be the best of all iu cases of dysentery, ..."
4. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"Of these tacca pinnatifida and Dioscorea pentaphylla are alone found in Hawaii.
I will only now refer to the Mountain Bananas. The Mountain Bananas of the ..."
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