arrowroot | (noun) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch | Synonyms: American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant |
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(noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: achira, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
(noun) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant | - |
showroom | (noun) an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | Synonyms: saleroom, salesroom |
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squawroot | (noun) tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root |
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towrope | (noun) (nautical) a rope used in towing | Synonyms: towing line, towing rope, towline |
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wrong | (noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: damage, legal injury |
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(noun) that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law | Synonyms: wrongfulness |
wrongdoer | (noun) a person who transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: offender |
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wrongdoing | (noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: actus reus, misconduct, wrongful conduct |
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(noun) departure from what is ethically acceptable | Synonyms: error |
wrongfulness | (noun) that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law | Synonyms: wrong |
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wrongness | (noun) contrary to conscience or morality | - |
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(noun) the quality of not conforming to fact or truth | Synonyms: incorrectness |
(noun) inappropriate conduct | Synonyms: inappropriateness |