The soluble matter of starch found in the interior of the granules.

Chem. The water-insoluble fraction of starch, which forms the outer layer of starch granules (cf. amidin, n. 1); amylopectin. Now rare.

One of the essential constituents (the other being cellulose) of the starch granule, which gives a blue colour with iodine, and is converted into…

Chemistry.

Any of a class of carbohydrates consisting of branched chains of linked glucose molecules; spec. any of those forming the amorphous or…