starch

باللغة العربية: نَشَاء

1. A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc. (uncountable) · Meronym: saccharide
2. Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods. (countable)
3. A stiff, formal manner; formality. (uncountable)
4. Fortitude. (uncountable)
5. Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener. (countable)

الجمع starches