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cerealin

cerealin noun: a nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.

Noun

cerealin (uncountable)

  1. A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.

Origin of cerealin

From cereal + -in.

Questions about cerealin

What does cerealin mean?
Cerealin means a nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.
What part of speech is cerealin?
Cerealin is a noun.

Words near cerealin in the dictionary

  1. cereal leaf beetle
  2. cereal leaf beetles
  3. Cerealia
  4. Cerealian
  5. cerealic
  6. cerealin
  7. cerealist
  8. cerealists
  9. cerealless
  10. cerealogist
  11. cerealogists

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