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Noun starch has 1 sense
  1. starch, amylum - 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
    --1 is a kind of polysaccharide, polyose
    --1 has particulars:
     arum; cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca; arrowroot; cornstarch, cornflour; sago; amyloid; Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch
    Derived form: verb starch1
Verb starch has 1 sense
  1. starch - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
    --1 is one way to     stiffen
    Derived form: noun starch1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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