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What does amylaceous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch; starchy.
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For this purpose physiologists prefer the fatty to the amylaceous varieties of diet.
It forms a nutritious and easily digested amylaceous food, being used in place of starch in some preparations of cocoa.
Like the other amylaceous substances, it forms a valuable and nutritious article of food for the invalid.
The bones, being heavier than the amylaceous substances, are to be found in the apex of the cone formed by the residue.
The saccharine, or amylaceous substances constitute the most abundant of the proximate constituents of plants.
Chapter two addresses the production of ethanol from sugar and amylaceous crops as well as ether fuels.

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