amylum vs arum

amylum and arum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amylum	Yes	No	No	No
arum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, arum is a hyponym of amylum; that is, arum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amylum:

amylum: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
arum: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

Other hyponyms of amylum include cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca, arrowroot, cornflour, cornstarch, sago, amyloid, Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch.

amylum (noun)	arum (noun)
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles	any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
	starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

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