The Latin and scientific term for starch.
From Latin amylum, derived from Greek amylon (not ground at a mill), from an- (not) + mylos (mill); the original name for the fine starch powder.
Amylum is the fancy Latin name for starch that chemists and pharmacists still use—you'll see it on pharmaceutical ingredients lists, a direct line to ancient Roman knowledge of this useful powder.
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