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obedience plant

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Noun1.obedience plant - white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starchobedience plant - white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, arrowroot
maranta - any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
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