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OBEDIENCE PLANT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
Synonyms:
American arrowroot; arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; obedience plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("obedience plant" is a kind of...):
maranta (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)