Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AM-Y-LA'CEOUS
A-MYG'DA-LOID-ALA-MYL'IC-AC'ID
AM-Y-LA'CEOUS, n. [L. amylum, starch, of α privative and μυλη, a mill, being formerly made without grinding. – Plin., 18. 7.]
Pertaining to starch, or the farinaceous part of grain; resembling starch.
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