starchy

  • 131breadfruit — noun Date: 1697 a round starchy usually seedless fruit that resembles bread in color and texture when baked; also a tall tropical evergreen tree (Artocarpus altilis) of the mulberry family that bears this fruit …

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  • 132buffalo gourd — noun Date: circa 1928 a perennial foul smelling cucurbit (Cucurbita foetidissima) of arid lands of the central and southwest United States and Mexico with a large starchy taproot and seeds rich in oil …

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