araruta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾu.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾu.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾu.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈɾu.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ru‧ta

Noun

araruta f (plural ararutas)

1. arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea, a large perennial herb of the Caribbean)
2. (uncountable) arrowroot (starchy substance obtained from arrowroot roots)