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

a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

stiffen with starch

hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed

foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)

lacking starch

resembling starch

consisting of or containing starch

rigidly formal