amylum
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- polysaccharide hypernym
- arum hyponym
- cassava hyponym
- arrowroot hyponym
- cornstarch hyponym
- sago hyponym
- amyloid hyponym
- Otaheite arrowroot hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | starch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | starchy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | polysaccharide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cassava |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrowroot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cornstarch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sago |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amyloid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Otaheite arrowroot |