Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fungus of the family Mucedineæ.
- noun A nitrogenous constituent of wheat gluten, soluble in alcohol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot. Chem.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also
mucin .
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- noun
mucin
Etymologies
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From mucus.
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