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- noun Plural form of
legumin .
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From the vegetable world we get albumins known as legumins, which differ somewhat from those obtained from animal sources, though taking their place in the economy in all essential particulars.
Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896
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_ -- All substances that are of any appreciable value in nutrition may be divided into those that are nitrogenous in character (albumins, legumins), the carbohydrates
Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896
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Unfortunately the legumins are usually so mixed with starches and other vegetable substances less digestible, that it is necessary to take a large bulk of foods of this latter class in order to secure anything like the requisite amount of the former.
Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896
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