eng: starch

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Meaning
means	(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 amylum, starch
means	(noun) a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering starch
means	(verb) stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" starch