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dextrine

dextrine is the dated form of dextrin.

Meaning of dextrin

Noun

dextrin (countable and uncountable, plural dextrins)

  1. Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.
    Synonyms:
    E1400

Forms of dextrine

pluraldextrines

Words formed from dextrine

Questions about dextrine

What is dextrine the dated form of?
Dextrine is the dated form of dextrin.

Words near dextrine in the dictionary

  1. dextriferron
  2. dextrimaltose
  3. dextrin
  4. dextrinase
  5. dextrinases
  6. dextrine
  7. dextrines
  8. dextrinise
  9. dextrinised
  10. dextrinization
  11. dextrinization time

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