nnoun.substancea 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 textilesSynset:amylum
Derivationally Related Form:starchystarch
Hypernyms:polyose polysaccharide
Inherited Hypernyms:starchpolysaccharidecarbohydratemacromoleculemoleculeunitthingphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:starchpolysaccharidecarbohydratemacromoleculeorganic compoundcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:starchpolysaccharidecarbohydratemacromoleculeorganic compoundcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Otaheite arrowrootOtaheite arrowroot starchamyloidarrowrootarumcassavacassava starchcornflourcornstarchmaniocmaniocasago
Full Hyponyms:amyloidarrowrootarumcassavacornstarchotaheite arrowrootpearl sagosago
nnoun.substancea commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in launderingHypernyms:formulation preparation
Inherited Hypernyms:starchformulationcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:starchformulationcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
vverb.changestiffen with starchDerivationally Related Form:starch
Hypernyms:stiffen
Inherited Hypernyms:starchstiffenchange
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