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Calorie Category

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noun

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

verb

• stiffen with starch

27%8 A specific category under a broader category
noun

• (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order

27%10 Device where a smaller category is used to refer to a larger category
noun

• substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa

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