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starchy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | starch |
starchy foods.
Examples of starchy
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The yams will keep all winter, supplying the hungry with filling, starchy meals.
From the newsobserver.com
If it is, the sweet corn has the chance of turning out starchy and not as sweet.
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The chemical is a natural byproduct of cooking starchy food at high temperature.
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Decide to fill half of your lunch and dinner plates with non-starchy vegetables.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The flesh of the jackfruit is starchy, fibrous and is a source of dietary fiber.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Their chemistry is ideal, and Cooper shows a less starchy side in the mornings.
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While Joel puts the extract in bottles, Bateman puts the starchy charm in Joel.
From the timesunion.com
A splash or two of starchy cooking water is magic for pulling a sauce together.
From the charlotteobserver.com
You might even add a little of the starchy cooking water to the finished sauce.
From the boston.com
- Consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods"
- Rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
- Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store. ...
- (starchiness) The property of being starchy
- Something that is addictive or brings about obsession through desire. This word can be applied to people, places, things, experiences, and to food in a stylistic sense.
