Starch vs. Cellulose

Starchnoun

(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.

Starchnoun

Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

Starchnoun

A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Starchnoun

(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener

Starchverb

To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

Starchadjective

Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starchadjective

Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starchnoun

A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.

Starchnoun

Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Starchverb

To stiffen with starch.

Starchnoun

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

Starchverb

stiffen with starch;

Starchnoun

an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.

Starchnoun

food containing starch

Starchnoun

powder or spray made from starch and used before ironing to stiffen fabric or clothing

Starchnoun

stiffness of manner or character

Starchverb

stiffen (fabric or clothing) with starch

Starchverb

(of a boxer) defeat (an opponent) by a knockout

Starch

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage.

Cellulosenoun

A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.

Cellulosenoun

(organic compound) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.

Celluloseadjective

Consisting of, or containing, cells.

Celluloseadjective

Consisting of, or containing, cells.

Cellulosenoun

The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, cotton, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin.

Cellulosenoun

a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers

Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula (C6H10O5)n, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units. Cellulose is an important structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, many forms of algae and the oomycetes.