Meanings (ES + gloss)
guapo • maranda • maranta • planta obediente • sagú • yuquilla
Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
Arrowroots were introduced into the area in early 1983 by an elderly citizen known as Mr. Awondo, who brought it from Central Kenya where it is planted in the moist river beds. […]…
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…
almidón de guapo • almidón de maranta • almidón de planta obediente • almidón de sagú • arrurruz • arruruz • sagú
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-…
[page 396] Arrowroot is the fecula of Maran′ta arundina′cea or West Indian arrowroot; Sex. Syst. Monandria Monogynia; Nat. Ord. Marantaceæ; a plant, which is a native of South Amer…
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African arrowrootAmerican arrowrootBermuda arrowrootBrazilian arrowrootCanna arrowrootEast Indian arrowrootFiji arrowrootFlorida arrowrootGuinea arrowrootHawaii arrowrootIndian arrowrootJamaica arrowrootJapanese arrowrootMaranta arrowrootNatal arrowrootOswego arrowrootPolynesian arrowrootPortland arrowrootQueensland arrowrootSouth Sea arrowrootSt. Vincent arrowrootTahiti arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloidesWest Indian arrowrootarrowroot orchidbanded arrowrootbembam arrowrootpurple arrowroottrue arrowroottulema arrowrootwhite arrowroot
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