Definition of "amylum" [amylum]

• Starch. (noun)

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• "He said that a 28 - year - old patient of his had tried to lose weight by cutting out meat and foods that contained amylum, a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, but succeeded only in seriously dama …"
• "The Romans called it amylum, which meant “not ground at the mill.”"
• "Brown chromatophores may or may not be arranged radially about a central amylum granule."