a herbaceous Caribbean plant from which a starch is prepared 竹芋
Maranta arundinacea, family Marantaceae 拉丁名Maranta arundinacea,竹芋科 ■[mass noun]the fine-grained starch obtained from this plant, used in cookery and medicine 竹芋粉
语源
late 17th cent.: alteration of Arawak aru-aru (literally 'meal of meals') by association with arrowand root,the tubers being used to absorb poison from arrow wounds