Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A South American and West Indian plant (Canna edulis) having large red flowers and edible tubers.
- noun The tubers of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name on the western coast of South America of the Canna edulis, whose large tuberous roots are used for food, and yield tous-lesmois, a superior large-grained kind of arrowroot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Canna
edulis , a variety ofarrowroot : the canna lily, the seeds of which yield a purple dye. - noun The edible rhizome of this plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Root crops include: achira (Canna edulis), containing a starch with unusually large grains; ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa), a legume whose sweet roots remain crunchy even after cooking; arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza, pictured), carrot-like roots that can be boiled as a table vegetable; maca
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The use of alternative plant materials such as triticale, oca, amaranth, and achira, which have been successfully grown in some developing countries, should be examined as substrates for fermentations.
Chapter 4 1992
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Caracterizacin de los almidones de pltano Hartn, Diminoco-Hartn y achira con relacin al de maiz.
Chapter 26 1987
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[Characterisation of the starches of the plantains Harton and Dominoco-Harton and that of achira compared with that of maize.]
Chapter 26 1987
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Plymouth, has named it provisionally, in consequence, _Canna achira_.
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It is to be wished that similar experiments were repeated with care in different quarters, and the list extended to other tropical products applicable to human sustenance, especially the roots which yield the farinaceous starch of the South Sea islanders, to the achira of Choco, &c.
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