comb. form of AMYL, in both senses, as:
1. Amylo-cellulose, a name applied to a supposed constituent of starch granules, which is colored copper-red by iodine.
2. Amylo-methylic a. of amyl-methyl; as in Amylo-methylic ether, also called Methyl-amyl ether. So Amylovinic ether, also called Ethyl-amyl ether; Amylonitrous ether, etc.
1873. Williamson, Chem., xxxix. § 272. Amylomethylic ether is obtained by the action of methylic iodide on potassic amylate.
