waxy

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Waxy, low-starch potatoes, such as red and some white, won’t absorb as much water.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021

And Waxy is the play’s resident Ms. Malaprop, who misquotes Shakespeare and refers to Dylan as a “child effigy.”

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2018

Waxy starch is highly desirable in the textile and food industry, since it has a unique gelatinization profile.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2018

Another three well-characterized domestication genes, qSH1 for seed shattering, Waxy for grain quality and Rc for pericarp colour, which showed strong selection signals in the panel, were not fully shared in the population.

From Nature • Oct. 24, 2012

Three pouches of dried papaya Chewy Sugary Waxy Sticky Not the same at all.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai