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    OBEDIENCE PLANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starchplay

    Synonyms:

    American arrowroot; arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; obedience plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("obedience plant" is a kind of...):

    maranta (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)

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