starch
1. 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
• Syn:
amylum
• Derivationally related forms:
starchy
• Hypernyms:
polysaccharide, polyose
• Hyponyms:
arum, cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca,
manioca, cornstarch, cornflour, sago, amyloid,
Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch
2. a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
• Hypernyms:
formulation, preparation
stiffen with starch
- starch clothes
• Hypernyms:
stiffen
• Verb Frames:
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