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arrowroot

arrowroot

A fine starch used as a thickener in sauces and other foods. Here the word names the ingredient rather than the living plant.

All languages

English
arrowroot
Norwegian
pilerotstivelse
Japanese
クズウコンの澱粉 — くずうこんのでんぷん — kuzuukonnodempun
Korean
애로루트 전분 — aeroruteu jeonbun
Spanish
arrurruz
French
fécule d’arrow-root
German
Pfeilwurzelstärke

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