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amylum

DEFINITIONS OF: amylum

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n 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

Synonyms:
starch
Types:
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arum
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
arrowroot
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
cornflour, cornstarch
starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
sago
powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
amyloid
a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch
a starch obtained from the root of the pia
pearl sago
sago ground into small round grains
Type of:
polyose, polysaccharide
any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
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