starchy

Most starchy foods, such as cereals and potatoes and unripe fruit must, of course, be cooked in order to be made fit to eat.

The pancreas of the calf is not active on starchy materials.

Cassava, manioca, tapioca, and sago are starchy materials in granular form.

Of or like starch; consisting of or abounding in starch; starchy.

At first our wealth of food came with surprise and delight to us, for, in the absence of sweet or starchy foods, man craves fat.