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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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Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

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