Arrowroot in a sentence

Arrowroot meaning

1. Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
2. 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).
3. A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.

Using Arrowroot

• The main meaning on this page is: Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long. | 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). | A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
• Useful related words include: starch, canna edulis, canna indica, indian shot.

Context around Arrowroot

• Average sentence length in these examples: 17.8 words
• Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Arrowroot

• In this selection, "arrowroot" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, use, florida, powder and forum stand out and add context to how "arrowroot" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include free use arrowroot or cornflour and historically florida arrowroot was also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "arrowroot" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.