Español > amylum: 1 sentido > nombre 1, substance| Sentido | 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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| Sinónimos | almidón, amilo, fécula |
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| Específico | almidón, fécula, harina de maíz, maicena, maizena | starch prepared from the grains of corn |
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| amiloideo | A non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch |
| arrurruz | A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot / arrowroot plant |
| casabe, casava, mandioca, yuca | A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant |
| sagú | powdery starch from certain sago palms |
| yaro | starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root |
| General | polisacárido | Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules |
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| Inglés | starch, amylum |
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| Catalán | amylum, fècula, midó |
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| Adjetivo | feculento | Consisting of or containing starch |
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| Verbos | almidonar | stiffen with starch |
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