Definitions for amylaceous

amylaceous am·y·la·ceous

Spelling: [am-uh-ley-shuh s]
IPA: /ˌæm əˈleɪ ʃəs/

Amylaceous is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 624 anagrams from letters in amylaceous (aacelmosuy).

Definitions for amylaceous

adjective

  1. of the nature of starch; starchy.

Origin of amylaceous

First recorded in 1820-30; amyl- + -aceous

Examples for amylaceous

amylaceous, Amyloid, composed of starch (amylum), or starch-like.

The saccharine, or amylaceous substances constitute the most abundant of the proximate constituents of plants.

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

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.

Next in order to the saccharine foods as the source of indigestion in gouty persons come the amylaceous aliments.

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

Like the other amylaceous substances, it forms a valuable and nutritious article of food for the invalid.

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