[{"word":"arrowroot","phonetics":[{"audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/arrowroot-au.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75729553","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}},{"text":"/ˈæɹə(ʊ)ɹuːt/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈæɹoʊˌɹut/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant the rhizomes of which are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arrowroot"]}]