AMYLUM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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 textile
   Synonym(s)
   • starch (what does starch mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) amylum is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • polysaccharide (what does polysaccharide mean?)
   • polyose (what does polyose mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • arum (what does arum mean?)
   • cassava (what does cassava mean?)
   • cassava starch (what does cassava starch mean?)
   • manioc (what does manioc mean?)
   • manioca (what does manioca mean?)
   • arrowroot (what does arrowroot mean?)
   • cornstarch (what does cornstarch mean?)
   • cornflour (what does cornflour mean?)
   • sago (what does sago mean?)
   • amyloid (what does amyloid mean?)
   • Otaheite arrowroot (what does Otaheite arrowroot mean?)
   • Otaheite arrowroot starch (what does Otaheite arrowroot starch mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • starch (what does starch mean?)