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starch-root

starch-root noun: a plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.

starch-root: a plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum
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Noun

starch-root (plural starch-roots)

  1. A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
    • The Arum maculatum is commonly called arrow-root or starch-root, but the vulgar names cows and calves, and lords and ladies, are also known, though not so frequently used.July 14 1853, T.B. Groves, “On Portland Arrow-Root”, in Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, volume 13, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, page 60
    Synonyms:
    Jack-in-the-pulpit, cuckoopint, Adam and Eve, adder's meat, adder's root, arum, arum lily, bobbins, cows and bulls, cuckoo-plant

Synonyms of starch-root

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Forms of starch-root

pluralstarch-roots

Questions about starch-root

What does starch-root mean?
Starch-root means a plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
What part of speech is starch-root?
Starch-root is a noun.
What is the plural of starch-root?
The plural of starch-root is starch-roots.

Words near starch-root in the dictionary

  1. starch
  2. starch generator
  3. starch generators
  4. starch hyacinth
  5. starch hyacinths
  6. starch-root
  7. starch-roots
  8. starchable
  9. starchart
  10. starcharts
  11. starchboard

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