starch

Example Sentences

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Tapioca pearls are made from cassava starch, and cassava plants are known to absorb lead and other heavy metals from the soil as they grow.

From Science Daily

It was starched as stiff as a gingerbread man.

From Literature

Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.

From Salon

When it had a neatly starched, lace-edged cloth over it, I knew it was cooked food they were sharing with us.

From Literature

The tools were tested for tiny starch granules left behind when plants were processed for food.

From Science Daily