starch

A naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)_n, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice, and varying widely in appearance according to source but commonly prepared as a white amorphous tasteless powder.

Any of various substances, such as natural starch, used to stiffen cloth, as in laundering.

Foods having a high content of starch, as rice, breads, and potatoes.

Stiff behavior.

Vigor; mettle.

To stiffen with starch.

Strong; hard; tough.

Rigid; hence, precise.

To stiffen with starch.