Català > midó: 2 sentits > nom 1, substanceSentit | 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 | amylum, fècula |
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Específic | cassava, mandioca, tapioca, yuca | A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant |
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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 |
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Anglès | starch, amylum |
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Espanyol | almidón, amilo, amylum, fécula |
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Verbs | emmidonar | stiffen with starch |
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