Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pulverulent substance left undissolved on treating barley-starch with acidulated water. It is not a simple body, but a mixture of starch-cellulose and a proteid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.), rare A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is a complex mixture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
glycoprotein found inbarley and some othercereals .
Etymologies
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Latin hordeum barley.
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Examples
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Each grain has a different prolamine: wheat (gliadin), barley (hordein), rye (secalin) and oats (avenin).
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