amylum

Definitions of amylum

1. 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
   synonyms: starch

   types:

   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