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non-starchy

non-starchy adjective: not containing starch or carbohydrates.

Adjective

non-starchy (not comparable)

  1. Not containing starch or carbohydrates.
    • This resistant starch fraction is resistant to amylase digestion in the human digestive tract and exhibits digestive behaviour similar to that of the non-starchy polysaccharide fraction (NSP) or indigestible oligosaccharides2004, Ann-Charlotte Eliasson, Starch in Food, →ISBN, page 484

Forms of non-starchy

alternative formnonstarchy

Origin of non-starchy

From non- + starchy.

Questions about non-starchy

What does non-starchy mean?
Non-starchy means not containing starch or carbohydrates.
What part of speech is non-starchy?
Non-starchy is an adjective.

Words near non-starchy in the dictionary

  1. non-stack
  2. non-staffed
  3. non-standard
  4. non-standard varieties
  5. non-standard variety
  6. non-starchy
  7. non-stardom
  8. non-starter
  9. non-starters
  10. non-state
  11. non-state actor

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