starch : Idioms & Phrases

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animal starch

  • noun one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
    glycogen.
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cassava starch

  • noun a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
    manioca; manioc; cassava.
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otaheite arrowroot starch

  • noun a starch obtained from the root of the pia
    Otaheite arrowroot.
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Pea starch

  • the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
Webster 1913

Starch hyacinth

  • (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; so called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See under Grape.
Webster 1913

starch wheat

  • noun hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed
    two-grain spelt; emmer; Triticum dicoccum.
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