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amylaceous |
of, concerning, or resembling starch. |
amylase |
any of a class of enzymes, found in saliva and many tissues of plants and animals, that break down starch to sugars. |
amyloid |
of, containing, or resembling starch. [1/3 definitions] |
amylopsin |
an enzyme produced by the pancreas, capable of converting starch into sugar. |
amylum |
starch. |
arrowroot |
a plant of tropical America whose root is dried and pulverized to produce a nutritious starch. [2 definitions] |
cassava |
any of several tropical American plants with a tuberous root that yields a nutritive starch. [2 definitions] |
cornstarch |
a fine, starchy flour ground from corn grains, used as a thickener for cooked foods or a source of industrial starch. |
dextrin |
a gummy substance made from starch and used as a thickener or glue. |
dextrose |
a form of sugar that occurs naturally in plant and animal tissue or is synthesized from starch. (See glucose.) |
diastase |
an enzyme that changes starch into sugar, found in the seed of grains, malt, and the like; amylase. |
farinaceous |
containing much starch; starchy. [1/3 definitions] |
glucose |
a syrup consisting of dextrose, maltose, dextrine, and water, used in making candy, fermenting alcohol, treating tobacco, and tanning leather; starch syrup. [1/2 definitions] |
glycogen |
a white substance, similar to starch, that is the principal storage material for carbohydrates in animals; animal starch. |
maltose |
a water-soluble sugar formed by malt enzymes acting on starch, used in brewing and distilling, as a nutrient or sweetener in foods, and in culture media. |
paste1 |
a mixture of flour or starch, water, and often other ingredients, used as an adhesive for light materials such as paper. [1/7 definitions] |
plastid |
any of several small protoplasmic structures found in the cytoplasm of some plant cells, in which substances such as starch, protein, and pigment are stored. |
polysaccharide |
a carbohydrate such as starch or cellulose that contains molecules with specific combinations and concentrations of simple sugars. |
ptyalin |
an enzyme found in human and some animal saliva that converts starch into maltose and various dextrins. |
saccharic acid |
a compound made by oxidizing a sugar or starch with nitric acid. |
sago |
one of a group of palms native to Malaysia whose trunks are harvested to yield starch, or the starch that is derived from such a tree. |
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