noun. The outer portion of a starch granule consisting of insoluble, highly branched polysaccharides of high molecular weight.

noun. A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)

"There are two kinds of starch molecules: long straight chains called amy-lose, and short, branched, bushy chains called amylopectin."

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