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amirol [a.mi.rul.] : starch (n.)
Synonyms: almirol

Derivatives of amirol


Glosses:
starch
n. (substance)1. amylum, starcha 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.
~ arumstarch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
~ cassava, cassava starch, manioc, maniocaa starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.
~ polyose, polysaccharideany of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.
~ arrowroota nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
~ cornflour, cornstarchstarch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.
~ sagopowdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener.
~ amyloida non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch.
~ otaheite arrowroot, otaheite arrowroot starcha starch obtained from the root of the pia.
n. (substance)2. starcha commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.
~ formulation, preparationa substance prepared according to a formula.; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
v. (change)3. starchstiffen with starch.; "starch clothes"
~ stiffenmake stiff or stiffer.; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"