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swamp potato

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ar⋅row⋅head

[ar-oh-hed]
–noun
1. the head or tip of an arrow, usually separable from the shaft and conventionally wedge-shaped.
2. anything resembling or having the conventional shape of an arrowhead.
3. Also called swamp potato. any aquatic or bog plant of the genus Sagittaria, having usually arrowhead-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers.
4. any of several other plants having arrowhead-shaped leaves.
5. the dartlike form in an egg-and-dart ornament.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME arwe he(ve)d; see arrow, head
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swamp potato  
n.   Botany
Arrowhead.
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