| NOM | substance | amylum, fècula, midó | a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice |
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| Sentit | 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. | |
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| Sinònims | fècula, midó | |
| Específic | cassava, mandioca, tapioca, yuca | A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant |
| farina de blat de moro, maicena | starch prepared from the grains of corn | |
| sagú | powdery starch from certain sago palms | |
| General | glican, polisacàrid | Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules |
| Anglès | starch, amylum | |
| Espanyol | almidón, amilo, amylum, fécula | |
| Verbs | emmidonar | stiffen with starch |
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