wapato

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From Cree or Ojibwe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

wapato (plural wapatos or wapatoes)

  1. (US, Canada) Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), or its edible bulbous root.[1]

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  1. ^ Geyata Ajilvsgi (1984) “White-Green Flowers”, in Wildflowers of Texas, Shearer Publishing, Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia), page 3