

amylase
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starch noun
/stɑːtʃ/ /stɑɹtʃ/
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
class noun
/klas/ /kleəs/
A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.