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• 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

  synonym	amylum
  derivation	starchy
  hypernym	polyosepolysaccharide
  hyponym	amyloidarrowrootarumcassavacassava starchcornflourcornstarchmaniocmaniocaOtaheite arrowrootOtaheite arrowroot starchsago

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

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  formulationpreparation

• stiffen with starch

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  stiffen