floridian starch

noun

often capitalized F

: a granular carbohydrate reserve in red algae that is not formed in plastids and that in several respects resembles glycogen rather than starch

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Florideae + English -an

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Rhymes for floridian starch

• arch
• march
• cornstarch