amylaceous

1. 1.

   resembling starch

   Synonymsstarchlikeamyloidamyloidalfarinaceous

   Similarstarchy

Questions about amylaceous

What does amylaceous mean?

amylaceous means "resembling starch".

How many syllables are in amylaceous?

amylaceous has 5 syllables: a-my-la-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for amylaceous?

Close synonyms include starchlike, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amylaceous a common word?

amylaceous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.