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dulcin

dulcin noun: an artificial sweetener, 4-ethoxyphenyl-urea, no longer permitted in food.

Noun

dulcin (uncountable)

  1. An artificial sweetener, 4-ethoxyphenyl-urea, no longer permitted in food
    Synonyms:
    sucrol, valzin

Synonyms of dulcin

Origin of dulcin

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”), + -in.

Questions about dulcin

What does dulcin mean?
Dulcin means an artificial sweetener, 4-ethoxyphenyl-urea, no longer permitted in food.
What part of speech is dulcin?
Dulcin is a noun.

Words near dulcin in the dictionary

  1. dulcimerists
  2. dulcimerlike
  3. dulcimers
  4. dulcimore
  5. dulcimores
  6. dulcin
  7. dulcinea
  8. dulcineas
  9. dulciness
  10. dulcing
  11. Dulcinian

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