Starchy

(adj.) rigidly formal; 'a starchy manner'; 'the letter was stiff and formal'; 'his prose has a buckram quality' .

(adj.) consisting of or containing starch; 'starchy foods' .

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• Nothing like these starchy doctors for vanity! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• From the air, the leaves take carbon dioxide and water and transform them into starchy food; from the soil, the roots take water rich in mineral matters dissolved from the soil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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