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amylum

[am-uh-luh m]
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noun
  1. starch(def 1).
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Origin of amylum

1550–60; < Latin < Greek ámylon starch. See amylo-
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Historical Examples

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

    The Elements of Botany

    Asa Gray

  • Of the latter, all such must be avoided which contain a large percentage of amylum.

British Dictionary definitions for amylum

amylum

noun
  1. another name for starch (def. 2)
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Word Origin

Latin, from Greek amulon fine meal, starch, from amulos not ground at the mill, from a- 1 + mulē mill
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amylum in Medicine

amylum

(ăm′ə-ləm)
n.
  1. starch
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