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The formation of starch.

Of or pert. to amylogen.

The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.

Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster.

Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.

Starch-forming; amylogenic.

The diastase of the pancreatic juice.

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

Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

Adynamia. [R.] Morin.

Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.

Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.