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  • 21Starch hyacinth — Starch Starch, n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st[ a]rke, fr. stark strong.] 1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening,… …

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  • 22Corn steep liquor — is a by product of corn wet milling.[1] It is an important constituent of some growth media. It was used in the culturing of Penicillium during research into penicillin, by American microbiologist Andrew J. Moyer.[citation needed] It is an… …

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  • 23starch — [stärch] n. [ME starche < sterchen, to stiffen < OE * stercan < stearc, rigid, stiff, akin to Ger stark, strong: see STARK] 1. a white, tasteless, odorless food substance found in potatoes, rice, corn, wheat, cassava, and many other… …

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  • 24corn — corn1 /kawrn/, n. 1. Also called Indian corn; esp. technical and Brit., maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears. 2. the grain, seeds,… …

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  • 25starch — starchless, adj. starchlike, adj. /stahrch/, n. 1. a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn,… …

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  • 26Corn stover — For the furnace that can burn corn, see Corn stove. Zea mays ssp. mays L …

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  • 27Corn Pops — A box of Corn Pops. Corn Pops is a breakfast cereal made by Kellogg s, described by the company as crunchy sweetened popped up corn cereal. Originally called Sugar Pops, it was introduced in 1951 as the sponsor for The Adventures of Wild Bill… …

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  • 28Corn on the cob — ((stub)) This article is about sweet corn. For roasted ears of field corn see roast field corn. Freshly picked ears of sweet corn …

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  • 29Starch sugar — Sugar Sug ar, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[ u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,… …

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  • 30Corn kernels — Bulk corn kernels Kernels on the cob Corn kernels are the seeds of …

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