starch
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In “The Caribbean Cookbook,” the starch is either rice or “ground provisions,” the Anglophone term for yams, sweet potatoes, plantains, breadfruit and other staples.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Tapioca pearls are made from cassava starch, and cassava plants are known to absorb lead and other heavy metals from the soil as they grow.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 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
So while tuna, coconut, chili and starch remain the major food groups on local islands, the fridges at private island resorts more closely resemble those of Michelin-starred establishments, anywhere from London to Hong Kong.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
His damp clothes were pretty much clamped against his skin, and as they dried, the starch was tightening.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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