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FECULE ARROW-ROOT [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Maranta arundinacea
Latin
DEF

Perennial herb of the family Marantaceae, native to tropical America, flowers white, rhizomes yield arrowroot starch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Maranta arundinacea
Latin
DEF

Sous-arbrisseau [...] Les rhizomes de Maranta arundinacea [...] fournissent une fécule [...](arrow-root des Antilles) [...] type de la famille des Marantacées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Maranta arundinacea
Latin
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Record 2 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Dietetics
DEF

Starch obtained from the roots of a plant native to tropical America. Finely ground to the consistency of cornstarch, it is used as a flavorless thickening agent in light sauces and glazes.

OBS

arrowroot: Tuber of the West Indian plant, Maranta arundinacea, mainly used to prepare arrowroot starch, the most refined of all feculas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Diététique
DEF

Produit industriel extrait par voie humide des rhizomes de diverses espèces du genre Maranta L. et en particulier du Maranta arundinacea L.

OBS

Compte tenu de l’origine géographique, il existe plusieurs appellations de l’arrow-root : Arrow-root des Antilles. Arrow-root de la Barbade, de la Jamaïque ou des Bermudes. Arrow-root de Saint-Vincent.

OBS

[L'emploi] du terme arrow-root dans la dénomination d’autres fécules doit être évité. Ces produits doivent être désignés par le mot «fécule» accompagné du nom de la plante dont elle est extraite.

OBS

arrow-root; fécule d’arrow-root : Termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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