The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), Amyloidal \Am`y*loid"al\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loid"al), a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.] Resembling or containing starch; starchlike. --AS Syn: starchlike, amylaceous [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amyloidal adj 1: resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous]