English Dictionary

arrowroot

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæɹə(ʊ)ɹuːt/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.

日本語の意味

カリブ海原産の多年生草本植物で、マランタ科に属する。 / 緑色の葉が約15センチメートルほどの大きさを持つ。 / 食用のでんぷんを得るために利用される場合がある。

I planted arrowroot along the shaded border because it thrives in humid conditions and its green leaves grow to about fifteen centimeters long.

私は湿った気候でよく育ち、緑色の葉が約15センチに達する、マランタ・アルンディナケア（マランタ科の大型多年草）を日陰の縁に植えました。

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.

The East India arrowroot was considered the best; and the French West India arrowroot not so good. The East India arrowroot had the finest grains; the second finest were those from the potato; and third the tous les mois or French West India arrowroot; […]

意味（2）

(countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).

Arrowroot (pia) is a member of the Tacca family. […] The ancient Hawaiians used the arrowroot (pia) as a food and as a medicine.

意味（3）

(uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.

Dr. Ifill could state, with certainty, that all the arrow-root imported into this country from Barbadoes, was made from the maranta; […] The difference in the quality of the arrow-roots imported into this country, depended on the care which had been employed in the preparation. The greater number of times the fecula was washed, the purer it would be.

arrowroots （ plural ）