'Canna edulis' definitions:
Definition of 'Canna edulis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained [syn: achira, indian shot, arrowroot, Canna indica, Canna edulis]
Definition of 'Canna edulis'
From: GCIDE
- Tous-les-mois \Tous`-les`-mois"\, n. [F., all the months, i. e., every month.] A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year. [1913 Webster]