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amylaceous

[ am-uh-ley-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of starch; starchy.


amylaceous

/ ˌæmɪˈleɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. of or resembling starch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amylaceous1

First recorded in 1820–30; amyl- + -aceous
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Example Sentences

For this purpose physiologists prefer the fatty to the amylaceous varieties of diet.

The bones, being heavier than the amylaceous substances, are to be found in the apex of the cone formed by the residue.

It forms a nutritious and easily digested amylaceous food, being used in place of starch in some preparations of cocoa.

For this purpose, almost every amylaceous vegetable at once plentiful and cheap has, in its turn, been eagerly appropriated.

The meal or flour as imported in the form of a fine amylaceous powder.

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