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nonglutinous

nonglutinous adjective: not glutinous.

Adjective

nonglutinous (not comparable)

  1. Not glutinous.
    • T’ung-shan County in the Hsüchou district of Kiangsu was apparently famous for nonglutenous rice during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties (third century B.C. to third century A.D.).[1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25

Origin of nonglutinous

From non- + glutinous.

Questions about nonglutinous

What does nonglutinous mean?
Nonglutinous means not glutinous.
What part of speech is nonglutinous?
Nonglutinous is an adjective.

Words near nonglutinous in the dictionary

  1. nonglucosylated
  2. nonglue
  3. nonglutamylated
  4. nonglutathione
  5. nongluten
  6. nonglutinous
  7. nonglycanated
  8. nonglycemic
  9. nonglyceride
  10. nonglycerides
  11. nonglycerinated

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