#starch__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
supertype: #polysaccharide__polyose any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
subtype: #arum starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
subtype: #cassava_starch__cassavastarch__cassava__manioca a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
subtype: #arrowroot a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
subtype: #cornstarch__cornflour starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
subtype: #sago powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
subtype: #pearl_sago__pearlsago sago ground into small pearl-like grains
subtype: #amyloid.starch a nonnitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
subtype: #Otaheite_arrowroot a starch obtained from the root of the pia
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