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amylum

/ˈæmɪləm/

amylum noun: starch.

Noun

amylum (usually uncountable, plural amylums)

  1. (usually) starch

amylum meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

amylum in Tamil

பழங்கள், வேர்கள், மற்றும் உருளைக்கிழங்கு, மக்காச்சோளம், கோதுமை

amylum in Bengali

শ্বেতসার

amylum in Kannada

ಹಿಟ್ಟು, ಗಿಡಸಕ್ಕರೆ, ಗಿಡಗಂಜಿ

Forms of amylum

pluralamylums

Origin of amylum

From Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”).

Words formed from amylum

Phrases with amylum

Questions about amylum

What does amylum mean?
Amylum means starch.
What is amylum in Tamil?
Amylum in Tamil is பழங்கள், வேர்கள், மற்றும் உருளைக்கிழங்கு. See Amylum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amylum?
Amylum is a noun.
How do you pronounce amylum?
Amylum is pronounced /ˈæmɪləm/.
What is the plural of amylum?
The plural of amylum is amylums.

Words near amylum in the dictionary

  1. amylosucrase
  2. amylotriose
  3. amylotrophic
  4. amylovoran
  5. amyls
  6. amylum
  7. amylum star
  8. amylum stars
  9. amylums
  10. amyluria
  11. amynodontid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amylum (page history and authors); amylum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amylum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amylum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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