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floridean starch

American  
[fluh-rid-ee-uhn] / fləˈrɪd i ən /

noun

Biochemistry.

  1. the sugar-storing polysaccharide of red algae.

Etymology

Origin of floridean starch

First recorded in 1900–05; from New Latin Florideæ (an order of algae) + -an ( def. )

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