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nonstarchy

nonstarchy is the alternative spelling of non-starchy.

Meaning of non-starchy

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

Origin of nonstarchy

From non- + starchy.

Questions about nonstarchy

What is nonstarchy the alternative spelling of?
Nonstarchy is the alternative spelling of non-starchy.

Words near nonstarchy in the dictionary

  1. nonstaples
  2. nonstar
  3. nonstarch
  4. nonstarched
  5. nonstarches
  6. nonstarchy
  7. nonstardom
  8. nonstarred
  9. nonstars
  10. nonstarter
  11. nonstarters

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