Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Starch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Starch.
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- noun
starch
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said that a 28 - year - old patient of his had tried to lose weight by cutting out meat and foods that contained amylum, a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, but succeeded only in seriously dama …
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The Romans called it amylum, which meant “not ground at the mill.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The Romans called it amylum, which meant “not ground at the mill.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Brown chromatophores may or may not be arranged radially about a central amylum granule.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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There are two lateral, discoid, brown chromatophores, each of which possesses a central amylum granule.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Chromatophores of brown or green colors present and usually grouped radially about a central amylum granule.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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MEDICAL AMYLUM: (105mg) Medical amylum (starch) promotes satiety and controls the bodys fat intake and blocking the non-fat material converting into fat.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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MEDICAL AMYLUM: (105mg) Medical amylum (starch) promotes satiety and controls the bodys fat intake and blocking the non-fat material converting into fat.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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MEDICAL AMYLUM: Medical amylum (starch) promotes satiety and controls the body's fat intake and blocking the non-fat material converting into fast.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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