Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See edible canna.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. Canna edulis, a variety of arrowroot: the canna lily, the seeds of which yield a purple dye.
- n. The edible rhizome of this plant.
WordNet 3.0
- n. canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained
Etymologies
- From Quechua achira. (Wiktionary)
- New Latin achīra : a-1 + Greek kheir, hand. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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”
“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.”
“Caracterizacin de los almidones de pltano Hartn, Diminoco-Hartn y achira con relacin al de maiz.”
“[Characterisation of the starches of the plantains Harton and Dominoco-Harton and that of achira compared with that of maize.]”
“Plymouth, has named it provisionally, in consequence, _Canna achira_.”
“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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