Starch
Of polysaccharide. May also be referred to as amylum.
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.
This concept's ID is @1~76274
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- sago
Powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiff...
- arum
Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
- arrowroot
A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
- cornstarch
Starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.
- amyloid
A non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling...
- Otaheite arrowroot
A starch obtained from the root of the pia.
- cassava
A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca;...