almidón

Definitions of almidón
  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: fécula
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    yaro
    starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
    mandioca, yuca
    a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
    arrurruz
    a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
    harina de maíz, maicena, maizenar
    starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
    sagú
    powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
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