Dictionary definition for: Starch
1. (n) 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 textile
2. (v) stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
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