polysaccharide: starch. Storage form of carbohydrate in plants, plants use for energy Mainly in seeds, roots, and tubers-similar in structure to glycogen but fewer branches-potatoes and grains are major sources of starch.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: dustbowl (Noun) An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry. dustbowl (Noun) The central region of the United States during the 1930s. dustbowl (Noun) The 1930s period.
Dust Bowl - Informal reference to the dust-accompanied-by-ferocious-winds that were commonplace in the Southwest and South-Central U.S. during the 1930s and exacerbated the Great Depression - so many Okies fled to California, which tried to bar them - until the Supreme Court ruled that a U.S. citizen is a U.S. citizen primarily - not a Californian or whatever.