(n): a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
(n): white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
(n): any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
(n): canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
(n): any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
