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Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Starcraft :: Starchy (a.) Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.

Aristarchy :: Aristarchy (n.) Severe criticism.

Starched :: Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.

Amylaceous :: Amylaceous (a.) Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

Diastase :: Diastase (n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar..

Tapioca :: Tapioca (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava..

Starched :: Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality..

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

Aristarch :: Aristarch (n.) A severe critic.

Starch :: Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starchy :: Starchwort (n.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch..

Fecula :: Fecula (n.) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula.

Aristarchy :: Aristarchy (n.) Severely criticism.

Leucoplastid :: Leucoplastid (n.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.

Starcher :: Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.

Cassava :: Cassava (n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..

Lichenin :: Lichenin (n.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss..

Starchly :: Starcher (n.) One who starches.

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