1. A 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
   - amylum 
2. A commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

1. Stiffen with starch
   "starch clothes"

Derived forms: starched, starches, starching

See also: starchy

Type of: formulation, polyose, polysaccharide, preparation, stiffen

Encyclopedia: Starch

• laceration
• Lacerta
• Lacerta agilis
• Lacerta viridis
• lacertid
• lacertid lizard
• Lacertidae
• Lacertilia
• lacertilian
• lacewing
• lacewing fly
• lacewood
• lacework
• Lachaise
• laches
• Lachesis
• Lachnolaimus
• Lachnolaimus maximus
• lachrymal
• lachrymal duct
• lachrymal gland
• lachrymal secretion
• lachrymation
• lachrymator
• lachrymatory