starch
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Mangoes kept at 12°C retained intact cell walls and starch granules even after 24 days.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Many Caribbean meals center on a meat and starch with seasoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
After measuring a sample, staff and volunteers from Ulster Wildlife put the oysters in biodegradable potato starch bags for laying on the seabed.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Standing on the dim porch, he wore an inexpensive suit and a shirt with a pointy collar that had lost most of its starch.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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