英语词汇“arrowroot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

arrowroot

/ˈarə(ʊ)ruːt

noun

1A herbaceous Caribbean plant from which a starch is prepared.

Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae.

Indian / South Sea / Polynesian / Tahiti / Hawaii arrowroots are from Tacca leontopetaloides (or, possibly, close relations) One Hawaiian name is pi (not the same as the better-known poi, which is a starch made from taro)....

From 1879 he grew trial crops of coffee, sugar cane, tobacco, arrowroot, rice, peanuts, tea, cotton and other tropical crops.
Local staples include breadfruit, arrowroot, pandanus, and taro, and are now supplemented with imported rice, flour, and sugar.

1.1 [mass noun] The fine-grained starch obtained from arrowroot, used in cooking and medicine.Competitors, using formulae whose ingredients included arrowroot, sago flour, or potato starch, coloured with turmeric or chrome yellow, and flavoured with cassia or bitter almonds, also entered the market....

And the list goes on, guinea pepper, aniseed and ginger for gas in the stomach, arrowroot, green tea and lime to stop diarrhoea.
A traditional stabilizer used to be arrowroot, but now agar-agar, carrageen, starches, gelatin, or even pectin are common natural-based stabilizers.

Origin

Late 17th century: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally 'meal of meals') by association with arrow and root¹, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.

单词	arrowroot
释义	arrowroot /ˈarə(ʊ)ruːt / noun 1A herbaceous Caribbean plant from which a starch is prepared. Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae. Indian / South Sea / Polynesian / Tahiti / Hawaii arrowroots are from Tacca leontopetaloides (or, possibly, close relations) One Hawaiian name is pi (not the same as the better-known poi, which is a starch made from taro).... From 1879 he grew trial crops of coffee, sugar cane, tobacco, arrowroot, rice, peanuts, tea, cotton and other tropical crops. Local staples include breadfruit, arrowroot, pandanus, and taro, and are now supplemented with imported rice, flour, and sugar. 1.1 [mass noun] The fine-grained starch obtained from arrowroot, used in cooking and medicine.Competitors, using formulae whose ingredients included arrowroot, sago flour, or potato starch, coloured with turmeric or chrome yellow, and flavoured with cassia or bitter almonds, also entered the market.... And the list goes on, guinea pepper, aniseed and ginger for gas in the stomach, arrowroot, green tea and lime to stop diarrhoea. A traditional stabilizer used to be arrowroot, but now agar-agar, carrageen, starches, gelatin, or even pectin are common natural-based stabilizers. Origin Late 17th century: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally 'meal of meals') by association with arrow and root¹, the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds.
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