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  2. Maize - Wikipedia

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    Maize Includes male and female flowers Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Genus: Zea Species: Z. mays Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American and Australian English, is a ...

  3. Starch - Wikipedia

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    Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets, and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as wheat, potatoes, maize (corn), rice, and ...

  4. Endosperm - Wikipedia

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    Wheat seed. The endosperm is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following double fertilization. It is triploid (meaning three chromosome sets per nucleus) in most species, [1] which may be auxin -driven. [2] It surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form of starch, though it can also contain oils and ...

  5. Corn starch - Wikipedia

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    Corn starch is a common food ingredient, often used to thicken sauces or soups, and to make corn syrup and other sugars. [3] Corn starch is versatile, easily modified, and finds many uses in industry such as adhesives, in paper products, as an anti-sticking agent, and textile manufacturing. [4] It has medical uses as well, such as to supply ...

  6. Starch analysis - Wikipedia

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    Starch analysis or starch grain analysis is a technique that is useful in archaeological research in determining plant taxa on a microscopic level. It can also be used in day-to-day life by specialists within the pharmaceutical and food industries in order to determine taxa origins and food quality. [1] Specifically in regards to archaeology ...

  7. Ceiba speciosa - Wikipedia

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    Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has several local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally "drunken stick"), or árbol del puente , samu'ũ (in Guarani ), or paineira (in Brazilian ...

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