starch, arum
oxford
views updated May 29 2018starch, arum From the root of the arum lily (
Arum maculatum and other spp.); similar to
sago and
arrowroot.
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
arum
oxford
views updated May 21 2018arum cuckoo-pint,
Arum maculatum. XV (in form
aron XV–XVIII). — L.
arum — Gr.
áron.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD