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
同义词：starch
amylum详细解释
am.y.lum n.（名词）Starch.淀粉 来源：Latin 拉丁语 from Greek amulon [starch] [from neuter of] amulos [not ground at a mill] 源自 希腊语 amulon [淀粉] [] 源自amulos的中性词 [未磨成粉状] a- [not] * see a-a- [没有] *参见 a-mulô [mill] * see mel…- mulô [磨] *参见 mel…-
