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An arrow.

• Arrow grass
  An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
• Arrowhead
  The head of an arrow.
• Arrowheaded
  Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
• Arrowroot
  A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
• Arrowwood
  A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
• Arrowworm
  A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
• ARROWGRASS
  An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.

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