noun. The inner portion of a starch granule, consisting of relatively soluble polysaccharides having an unbranched, linear, or spiral structure.

noun. A polysaccharide, such as starch or cellulose.

noun. One of the three groups into which the carbohydrates are divided, the others being glucose and saccharose.

noun. One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

noun. The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.

"Plants produce starch in two different configurations: a completely linear chain called amylose, and a highly branched form called amylopectin, each of which may contain thousands of glucose units."

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