different between arrowroot vs arrowhead

English

Etymology

From Arawak aru-aru (literally “meal of meals”), influenced by arrow +? root because the plant’s “roots” (more accurately rhizomes) are used on wounds from poison darts to absorb the poison.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ??(?)?u?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?o???ut/
• Hyphenation: ar?row?root

Noun

arrowroot (countable and uncountable, plural arrowroots)

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. [from late 17th c.]
2. (countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant the rhizomes of which 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. (uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.

Alternative forms

• arrow-root

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References

Further reading

• arrowroot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maranta arundinacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

arrow +? head

Noun

arrowhead (plural arrowheads)

1. (weapon) The pointed part of an arrow.
2. (symbol) The pointed part of an arrow.
3. Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.

Synonyms

• (Sagittaria): duck potato, wapato

Translations

See also

• elf arrow
• leaf-arrowhead