the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Composed of or resembling starch; starchy.
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adj. resembling starch
Word Usage
"As we ourselves experienced in coming north, they also cause a weakness of vision, which occurs in the case of animals fed on pure gluten or amylaceous matter only."