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Definition of starch
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of starch is as below...
Starch
(n.) A
widely
diffused
vegetable
substance
found
especially
in
seeds,
bulbs,
and
tubers,
and
extracted
(as from
potatoes,
corn, rice, etc.) as a
white,
glistening,
granular
or
powdery
substance,
without
taste or
smell,
and
giving
a very
peculiar
creaking
sound when
rubbed
between
the
fingers.
It is used as a food, in the
production
of
commercial
grape
sugar,
for
stiffening
linen in
laundries,
in
making
paste,
etc..
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Maranta
::
Maranta
(n.) A genus of
endogenous
plants
found in
tropical
America,
and some
species
also in
India.
They have
tuberous
roots
containing
a large
amount
of
starch,
and from one
species
(Maranta
arundinacea)
arrowroot
is
obtained.
Many kinds are
cultivated
for
ornament..
Arrowroot
::
Arrowroot
(n.) A
nutritive
starch
obtained
from the
rootstocks
of
Maranta
arundinacea,
and used as food, esp. for
children
an
invalids;
also, a
similar
starch
obtained
from other
plants,
as
various
species
of
Maranta
and
Curcuma..
Starch
::
Starch
(n.) A
widely
diffused
vegetable
substance
found
especially
in
seeds,
bulbs,
and
tubers,
and
extracted
(as from
potatoes,
corn, rice, etc.) as a
white,
glistening,
granular
or
powdery
substance,
without
taste or
smell,
and
giving
a very
peculiar
creaking
sound when
rubbed
between
the
fingers.
It is used as a food, in the
production
of
commercial
grape
sugar,
for
stiffening
linen in
laundries,
in
making
paste,
etc..
Amylaceous
::
Amylaceous
(a.)
Pertaining
to
starch;
of the
nature
of
starch;
starchy.
Grain
::
Grain (n.) Any
small,
hard
particle,
as of sand,
sugar,
salt, etc.;
hence,
any
minute
portion
or
particle;
as, a grain of
gunpowder,
of
pollen,
of
starch,
of
sense,
of wit, etc..
Clearstarched
::
Clearstarched
(imp. & p. p.) of
Clearstarc.
Starchness
::
Starchly
(adv.)
In a
starched
or
starch
manner.
Paramylum
::
Paramylum
(n.) A
substance
resembling
starch,
found in the green
frothy
scum
formed
on the
surface
of
stagnant
water..
Xyloidin
::
Xyloidin
(n.) A
substance
resembling
pyroxylin,
obtained
by the
action
of
nitric
acid on
starch;
--
called
also
nitramidin..
Amylose
::
Amylose
(n.) One of the
starch
group
(C6H10O5)n
of the
carbohydrates;
as,
starch,
arabin,
dextrin,
cellulose,
etc..
Starched
::
Starched
(a.)
Stiffened
with
starch.
Lichenin
::
Lichenin
(n.) A
substance
isomeric
with
starch,
extracted
from
several
species
of moss and
lichen,
esp. from
Iceland
moss..
Xystarch
::
Xystarch
(n.) An
office/
having
the
superintendence
of the xyst.
Acetone
::
Acetone
(n.) A
volatile
liquid
consisting
of three parts of
carbon,
six of
hydrogen,
and one of
oxygen;
pyroacetic
spirit,
--
obtained
by the
distillation
of
certain
acetates,
or by the
destructive
distillation
of
citric
acid,
starch,
sugar,
or gum, with
quicklime..
Diastase
::
Diastase
(n.) A
soluble,
nitrogenous
ferment,
capable
of
converting
starch
and
dextrin
into
sugar..
Unstarch
::
Unstarch
(v. t.) To free from
starch;
to make limp or
pliable.
Dextrose
::
Dextrose
(n.) A
sirupy,
or white
crystalline,
variety
of
sugar,
C6H12O6
(so
called
from
turning
the plane of
polarization
to the
right),
occurring
in many ripe
fruits.
Dextrose
and
levulose
are
obtained
by the
inversion
of cane sugar or
sucrose,
and hence
called
invert
sugar.
Dextrose
is
chiefly
obtained
by the
action
of heat and acids on
starch,
and hence
called
also
starch
sugar.
It is also
formed
from
starchy
food by the
action
of the
amylolytic
ferments
of
saliva
and
pancreatic
juice..
Osmund
::
Osmund
(n.) A fern of the genus
Osmunda,
or
flowering
fern. The most
remarkable
species
is the
osmund
royal,
or royal fern
(Osmunda
regalis),
which grows in wet or boggy
places,
and has large
bipinnate
fronds,
often with a
panicle
of
capsules
at the top. The
rootstock
contains
much
starch,
and has been used in
stiffening
linen..
Hordein
::
Hordein
(n.) A
peculiar
starchy
matter
contained
in
barley.
It is
complex
mixture.
Erythrogranulose
::
Erythrogranulose
(n.) A term
applied
by
Brucke
to a
substance
present
in small
amount
in
starch
granules,
colored
red by
iodine..
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