Arrowroot is to an edible starch obtained from several tropical plants.
Arrowroot may also refer to:
Plants Maranta arundinacea, called arrowroot, the traditional source of the starch Queensland arrowroot, a cultivar of M. arundinacea belonging to the Canna Agriculture Group Cassava (Manihot esculenta), produces tapioca, also called Brazilian arrowroot Florida arrowroot, a commercial starch derived from Zamia pumila, harvested from the wild in Florida Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow Colocasia esculenta, sometimes called arrowroot in East Africa Curcuma angustifolia, a plant with a starchy root cultivated in India Kudzu (Pueraria lobata), Japanese arrowroot Thalia geniculata, a plant species widespread across tropical Africa and much of the Americas Tacca leontopetaloides, known among other names as the Polynesian arrowroot
Other uses Arrowroot (novel) (Yoshino kuzu), a 1931 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt, a fictional character in a 1969 parody novel Bored of the Rings
See also Arrowhead, Sagittaria species that can be used as a root vegetable Arrowweed, Pluchea sericea, which has edible roots