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tayubong [ta.yú.bung.] : arrowroot (n.) [tanom]; starch (n.)

Derivatives of tayubong


Glosses:
arrowroot
n. (substance)1. arrowroota nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
~ amylum, starcha 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.
n. (plant)2. american arrowroot, arrowroot, maranta arundinaceae, obedience plantwhite-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.
~ marantaany of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves.
n. (plant)3. achira, arrowroot, canna edulis, canna indica, indian shotcanna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
~ cannaany plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
starch
n. (substance)1. amylum, starcha 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.
~ arumstarch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
~ cassava, cassava starch, manioc, maniocaa starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.
~ polyose, polysaccharideany of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.
~ arrowroota nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
~ cornflour, cornstarchstarch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.
~ sagopowdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener.
~ amyloida non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch.
~ otaheite arrowroot, otaheite arrowroot starcha starch obtained from the root of the pia.
n. (substance)2. starcha commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.
~ formulation, preparationa substance prepared according to a formula.; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
v. (change)3. starchstiffen with starch.; "starch clothes"
~ stiffenmake stiff or stiffer.; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"