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• n  a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
• n  a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
• v  stiffen with starch
  starch clothes

• Last week the tide spread to retailing and starch.
• Hull and fibre are then separated, leaving corn "gluten," and starch, which are separated by flotation.
• But high intake of refined starch and sugar is related to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, whereas high-fiber whole-grain carbohydrates are related to a lower risk.

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News & Articles

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• Readers Feel...
  Thousands of runners covered in colorful corn starch. It's a sight to be seen and one that will fill the streets of Amarillo Saturday.
  June 14, 2013 - KAMR Amarillo
• Chance Rain
  The Little Red Chef's Twist and Chop is kind of like the Slap Chop but instead as the name implies, you twist. Personal Chef Ruthie... Thousands of runners covered in colorful corn starch. It's a sight to be seen and one that will fill the streets of Amarillo Saturday.
  June 14, 2013 - KAMR Amarillo
• Rev up your engines with the LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 1: Amazing Vehicles book
  ‘The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 1: Amazing Vehicles’ is the latest how-to LEGO book by Nathanäel Kuipers from No Starch Press. Available next month (July 2013), this 136 page book offers step-by-step instructions with full-color renderings for 10 vehicles ranging from a simple go-kart to a rescue truck. The idea is to use your existing [...]
  June 13, 2013 - The Gadgeteer

Quotes

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• Hans Wijers in MarketWatch (press release)
  Commenting on the divestment, CEO Hans Wijers said: "I am pleased that we have found a respected company to be the new home of National Starch, where it will once again be a core operation. This transaction today marks the strong focus on our core...
• Jim Leyland in USA Today
  It took some starch out of them,Detroit manager Jim Leyland said.
• Tony La Russa in ESPN
  I think that six-run inning took a little starch out of us,Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "Their left-hander used a lot of pitches and was kind of erratic and I think we could have stayed close, but it's tough to fall that far...