Indian arrowroot

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Indian arrowroot - perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starchpia, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifidaherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Tacca, Tacca - genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers