noun
perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
• Syn: ↑pia, ↑Indian arrowroot, ↑Tacca leontopetaloides
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tacca, ↑genus Tacca
Useful english dictionary. 2012.