amylaceous
/am-uh-ley-shuhs/US // ˌæm əˈleɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌæmɪˈleɪʃəs) //
酰胺类,胺类,胺质的,胺质
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of the nature of starch; starchy.
Examples
For this purpose physiologists prefer the fatty to the amylaceous varieties of diet.
The bones, being heavier than the amylaceous substances, are to be found in the apex of the cone formed by the residue.
It forms a nutritious and easily digested amylaceous food, being used in place of starch in some preparations of cocoa.
For this purpose, almost every amylaceous vegetable at once plentiful and cheap has, in its turn, been eagerly appropriated.
The meal or flour as imported in the form of a fine amylaceous powder.
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